ORIGINAL: AA5BY
I'll add my voice to say that the instructor is disregarding the important fundamental of providing as much reaction time as possible during the learning process. Everyone recalls their first flight where they were exhausted in the first five minutes.... because in part we got mentally overloaded. More reaction time lowers the mental load and eases the learning process.
I'd pull the throttle back and find my comfort zone and trim the plane for level flight at that speed. If the instructor objected, I'd find another.
The other issue is that likely the instructor is trimming the plane for full power and as others have noted, trainer planes normally climb at full power. This means that when reducing power, the plane is out of trim and will tend to dive for the runway rather than displaying a good landing glide path and will make landing a lot harder (emphasis) than it needs to be. No old hat pilot wants to land a plane that doesn't establish a proper landing glide path because having to deal with pitch when added to keeping the wings level, alignment with runway, and proper throttle for correct air speed soon present mental overload to even many seasoned pilots.
An example of overload. I recently completed a Yak that was out of trim between even mid range power and power off. Combined with that, the throttle was far too sensitive in the low power range where a narrow band of power was needed to keep the prop from braking the plane too much but keep air speed proper for landing. It was a challenge to land because it overtaxed me. Add a gust of cross wind on the large vertical stab to induce sudden roll close to the ground, and it was tough.
After getting the plane in trim for power on/off flight and reducing the throttle stick sensitivity in the low power zone, life got so much better and landings are enjoyed instead of feared.
You got into this hobby probably to enjoy flight.... not fear it. My bet is that if you speak frankly to the instructor about this and ask him to trim the plane for a slower speed... he will comply.
Heck, we had a guy at our club that never trimmed his plane.. didn't really know how. He was all over the sky. I asked him if he trimmed it out and he said he was to busy trying to fly the thing that he didn't have time. I asked him if I could help him out.. he handed me the transmitter.. it took me a few moments to figure out what was going on, but I got it set for him, straight and level, with "hands off". After that, he was a happy camper.. until he changed throttle settings and never returned to that point.
He usually has a very difficult time with landings because his plane is usually so far out of trim, that landing seems an afterthought. But, at least it was close after I helped him out. Then, when he tried to land it, he was amazed at how much easier it was to land after it was trimmed up properly.. heck it originally had roll as well as yaw in the trim the way it was, I don't know how he even managed to get it off the ground. But, after proper trim, he was able to l and it smoothly.
He then asked me to show him how to trim.. I asked him if his instructor ever taught him how to trim. He said he was self taught.
I showed him how to go about it.. and he was amazed at the difference it made.
Need I say more?
CGr.