No altitude nor air speed indicator, hmmmmm

Bob Moore wrote:
Each of my students received one full lesson in and out of the
traffic pattern with the entire instrument panel covered with a
piece of paper for the complete lesson. Of course, they had been
taught from the begining to rely on the tachometer and visual
attitude and not the airspeed indicator when landing.

This mean's you're *not* covering the tach, right? Just the basic
six-pack?

--
Alan Gerber
gerber AT panix DOT com

Alan Gerber wrote
Bob Moore wrote:
Each of my students received one full lesson in and out of the
traffic pattern with the entire instrument panel covered with a
piece of paper for the complete lesson. Of course, they had been
taught from the begining to rely on the tachometer and visual
attitude and not the airspeed indicator when landing.

This mean's you're *not* covering the tach, right? Just the basic
six-pack?

NO tach for that one training session....covered the whole panel.

Bob Moore

I find that after a few hours students can make power settings fairly
closely simply by listening to engine sounds...of course, headsets do not
help a darn bit.

Bob Gardner

"Alan Gerber" wrote in message
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Bob Moore wrote:
Each of my students received one full lesson in and out of the
traffic pattern with the entire instrument panel covered with a
piece of paper for the complete lesson. Of course, they had been
taught from the begining to rely on the tachometer and visual
attitude and not the airspeed indicator when landing.

This mean's you're *not* covering the tach, right? Just the basic
six-pack?

--
Alan Gerber
gerber AT panix DOT com

"Bob Gardner" wrote

I find that after a few hours students can make power settings fairly
closely simply by listening to engine sounds...

.....and the throttle position. :-)

Bob Moore