Originally Posted by
EGKB
That all means nothing to me, I'm a practical guy, everything sort of is simultaneous for me, doing several things at once...
It will help a lot to separate the effects out in your mind.
It is a foolish arrogance to think that you don't need these simplifications. I have a PhD in flight mechanics, and still find it vital to keep coming back to these simplified models in my flying.
I wonder how my other instructor teaches as I have't done any landings with him yet!
Personally I think that switching instructors is a bad habit and you are better sticking with one so that you are learning consistent method. However, if they teach in the same school then they should be standardised on the same technique.
The pitch for speed approach I described is pretty much standard across VFR flight training worldwide. It works.
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