Force feedback versus real piloting?

Dudley Henriques wrote:
es330td wrote:
On Oct 7, 12:42 pm, Mike Granby wrote:
His corrections were almost unnoticable; the plane just stayed where
it was meant to be. I comment on this to his dad later, and we both
wondered if his sim training had giving him this skill...

My CFI said the same thing. I "played" MSFS with an eye toward IRL
flying for about 2 years before sitting left seat the first time. We
did a 30 mile cross country during my second lesson and he said that
I held course and altitude better than some people he knows who have
been flying for 20 years. Either FS was responsible or I am the most
natural pilot to get in a plane. I am not even thinking about it
being the latter.


I'm assuming there's a lot more to this 2nd lesson story as it reads
as the antithesis of normal procedure for a flight training learning
curve. :-))

Not to mention that it would hardly be the first time an instructor blew
smoke of a students ass to make them feel good about a flight.