Haven't read the entire thread so apols in advance and don't know much about power flying but are students really taught at PPL / VFR level to fly by concentrating on the A/H ?
I only said that you would need to quickly glance at the AH to nail the angles. But once you've got the angle and thus the correct picture, there's no need to use the AH anymore.
Other than this, I think the use of the AH is only taught during the 180 on instruments, which is used in case of an inadvertent entry into cloud.