Does everyone teach this way?

I agree... that has the side effect of making every flight seem like an exam
instead of a lesson. You ask a question, and instead of an answer or a hint,
you get "What do you think?" I understand that the instructor's job is to
simultaneously instruct and assess, but sometimes we just need an answer to
the question. Maybe the test-to-question ratio should go up dramatically as
you approach solo and flight test, but early on we need to be able to ask
and get answers.

That's why I've been doing some practice on a flight simulator program,
although I realize there are many drawbacks to it. It's a way to get some
practice time alone, to figure some of that stuff out.

You will learn more & better what you figure out on your own, than
what somebody tells you.
...

That's what it seems like they're doing. I have no doubt it works,
but there are times when I think it would be so much easier to not
have to figure it out on my own. But I also acknowledge I'm a newbie
who's just past the completely cluless stage.

I couldn't get a straight answer as to what sort of stick and/or
rudder movement was needed to produce a specific desired result, so I
bought a simulator, a stick and some pedals. It helped a lot at the
very first, haven't used it much since then.

Now, I see that they wanted me to discover the answer through trial
and error. I jsut did it at my PC.

On Tue, 21 Oct 2003 04:51:02 GMT, "Roger Worden"
wrote:
....
That's why I've been doing some practice on a flight simulator program,
although I realize there are many drawbacks to it. It's a way to get some
practice time alone, to figure some of that stuff out.
....