Absent from the discussion? You mean eating, sleeping for 8 hours, and working....
Fair enough, I have been similarly absent (including crossing the Atlantic).
I am using the technique the instructor mentioned.
Execellent.
Are you keeping your mind opened to the wisdom of others? I sense that some [very experienced] participants here think otherwise. It's up to you, they don't have to fly with you! Yours to win or loose - they don't really care that much!
And, what would you like to tell me about the surprize I had during an early STOL takeoff in the aircraft for which I offered the control force charts? If you were to fly that plane, what would you be expecting you'd experience? Might you run out of something?