Hi Mazzy, and everyone else who contributes to this thread, I am learning all sorts.
I passed my ppl over a year ago but reading this has taught more than my instructor did!
I was told 10 seconds carb heat, on downwind checks and during freda checks in the cruise, I now do 30 seconds instead!
I had to teach myself to use the wizz wheel, I booked an hours ground school with my instructor before my first nav trip and after him trying to calculate the wind for about 10 mins he declared that it was a "freaky wind" that day and gave up
I worked out the winds in my self taught way and off we flew.
Thanks to all who take time to post on here, it is very usefull to those of us who wern't really taught anything during our training!