Originally posted by dave0101
Hi all, I've posted a few times regarding the assembly of my first plane, a trainer, and received allot of help.
I've hooked up with a local club, talked to an instructor, and am going to get lessons.
I have a copy of Realflight, and started playing with it last night. I was thinking thinking this would give me a head start, but I'm wondering if I'm more likely to develop bad habits.
For example, I'm not sure how much to use the rudder in turns. I'm sure I could develop a reflex with enough hours of simulator time, that is not correct.
Well, should I hold off on the simulator until I have my first round with the instructor?
My wife and the kids are visiting her mother all day, I've got a day to myself, and was thinking while waiting on glue joints to dry I could use realflight....
I would ask the instructor, but I only have his work number, and I hate to see this day go to waste...
Thanks!
For what its worth, my daughter when she was 9, wanted to learn to fly. So I had her train 20 minutes a day on the sim during the winter months.
Come spring, I took a trainer aircraft, took off and passed the TX to her and she was flying like she had been doing this for a long time. Better yet, she flew close and low because of the sim. It does work. But get an instructor anyway, because there is no reset button on the real thing.