Originally Posted by sevenstrokeroll
speak to your instructor about the hemispheric rule for details
baz,
Over here this is known as the semicircular rule AND you probably won't have to worry about it (except for your written exams).
The one to look up is the Quadrantal Rule - which will be far more relvant to the flying you will be doing.
Originally Posted by baz76
you are focusing more on trying to avoid collision rather than learning other things?
As many others have said you should discuss this with your instructor.
While he (the instructor) will certainly want to encourage a good lookout there are times when you (the student) need to focus entirely on flying the aeroplane - at such times I would expect the instructor to say something like "for the next xx minutes I will be responsible for lookout".
OC619