Hello,

I have also ran into a situation similar to the one described. I haven't crashed though thanks to the help of several experienced club members and flying buddies. My instructor was quiet thorough with the teaching but haven't taught me any rudder control. In addition to that I also had to learn dead stick landing techniques, crosswind handling (since our runway is very wide he let me take off perpendicular to the normal direction in crosswind), and I still have to learn the spin recoveries and techniques from my buddies.

I don't neccesarily blame the instructor since his average training day was booked with up to 10 students and it was probably very hard and complex to teach all of these students. Again he is only human.

So here is what I would add to your list:

5. Rudder control on landings and in combination with aileron input
6. Crosswind take-off and landing
7. Dead stick landings (hhmmm,...take-offs too :spinnyeye )

P.S.: Here are some that my instructor didn't teach me that are not neccesarily related to flying.

1. Plane preparation at home. (Developed my own checklist for that)
2. Plane clean-up (Again these forums helped with the proper maintenance procedures)
3. Engine adjustment (Although my adjustments were correct on the engine I still think that my instructor should have explained the engine carburator settings and operation Since I was still only a newbie who saw his first RC Engine when it arrived in the mail (Thank god there are instructions with these :stupid: )

Well, these are my $.02 for now.

RF