Pistons,
I will certainly defer to your qualification as an instructor, and recognize that there are probably valid training techinqes with which I am simply unfamiliar. As long as the recipient of the training is getting either real, or very realistic training, the core aspects have been met.
I have not flown a simulator in 15 years, so they probably have improved a lot since my ATC 810 days. I did fly Flight Safety's Twin Otter sim quite a bit, and found it extremely worthwhile. I was recently told by a very experienced Twin Otter pilot, that he felt it did not represent Vmca in a Twin Otter.
That, however is moot here, as I'm sure that simulator is not readily available to light twin pilots!
I wonder if today's basic simulators have representative control force feedback, so the pilots learns what it feels like. I have no idea though, so I shall leave the sim discussion with those qualified...
Please excuse the continued thread drift!