My instructor has several ways to teach his students how to exactly move the sticks. 1. Hold the stick over for a count of 3 (1 thousand, 2 thousand, 3 thousand) and if the plane is banked too far over by the time you get 3 thousand then the stick is over too far.

2. He has you look at the stick and not the plane while he tells you which way to move the stick. Because you're not watching the plane, you dare not move the stick too much. That way, you can see how little the stick moves and feel it at the same time.

3. He holds his thumb and forefinger underneath the student's thumb which is on top of the stick. That way, he can feel what the student is doing and at the same time, show the student exactly how much to move the stick, not to mention, stop the student from doing anything dumb. He can teach anyone to takeoff and land on their very first lesson with this teaching method.

If one method doesn't work, then he goes to the other.

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