Well i am rubbish at flying MSFS. And the aspect of the flare on the computer screen is so far away from real life it would be more than luck than judgment for the student to pull it off without the instructor pattering.
Yes I have talked ex3 down without touching the controls. But if i hadn't said anything we would have pranged it.
Had one kid (14) though who turned up in crap wx and insisted that he wanted to go flying. ONly thing which was an option was circuits. So told him. Eyes opened wide and he said yes that the bit he liked anyway.
So though fair enough and went for it. He asked me to demonstrate 1 circuit with him following through, ok i thought. Pattered it and did a stop and go.
Kid took the second one. And repeated the patter exactly and did everything i had done including the RT. Little sod plonked it onto the deck the first time but steadly improved over the next 6. To be honest at the end of the hour apart from the emergency training his landings were up to solo standard.
MJ
Last edited by mad_jock; 22nd July 2004 at 17:41.