I've had many beginners come to me for instruction after they have practiced for sometimes a year or more with a sim. I have to say that the sim did more damage than good because apparently they had no idea on how to fly and taught themselves a bunch of bad habits and concepts which had to be unlearned.

The sims are so advanced now, I wonder how difficult it would be to add a program that actually orally instructs the students? I mean the G2 has hecklers now, why not a voice telling the students what he is doing wrong on the sticks. For example the students I've taught all tend to bang the sticks around rather than using nice slow and smooth movements. Couldn't they program a sim to tell the student to slow down his stick movements and just about everything that a live instructor tells his student?

Incidently, I have watched several instructors who barely say anything to their students, therefore, a sim should be able to be programmed to do a better job than some live and much too quiet instructors.

Just a thought.

Take care,
CCR
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