I agree, but the first thing a student should learn is good habits and that comes from an instructor, not a sim. I'm sure an instructor would tell you that it's not a good idea to fly over the pits. A sim will not. (only one example, but with a sim, you don't often know where the plane is with reference to the pits and developing habits that flying over the pits is ok is just not ok. The instructor shows that right off, right from the beginning. Then, the student can relate that to the sim rather than vice versa.

But, hold on a minute. They are not opposite movements when the plane is flying toward you. A right turn is a right turn. The pilot must get the knowledge an experience that says that what he is doing is flying the plane and movements from the transmitter are with reference to the plane, not to the pilot on the ground. A right turn is a right turn to the plane, not to the pilot or where the pilot is standing.

Moving toward you, to make a right turn, the same input is given when it's moving away from you. A right turn is a right turn.. for the plane. When coming toward you, the plane moves to the pilot's left but it goes to the plane's right. Same stick movements as if it was going away from the pilot. This can be learned with a sim as well as in the air... same as an RC car or boat.. A right turn is the plane's, car's, or boat's rightn whether or not the simulator is being used.

CGr.