Backontrack,
Some Instructors teach the "wind up" method of using the whizzwheel and some teach the "wind down" method; if you intend to progress to CPL/ATPL, start using the appropriate method from the outset. I was taught one for the PPL and had great difficulty getting to grips with the other for the ATPLs.
[ 08 January 2002: Message edited by: Tee ]</p>