ORIGINAL: bikz
guys...need everyones thoughts in this...might be stupid but see if it can be agreed on
Being some one who learned to fly using a conventional trainer and having since flown high wing 3D planes such as the Magic, i have come to one conclusion....it would be much better for someone learn off from the start using one of this high winged 3D planes or sticks with small ammounts of throws ... they are easier to fly, have larger control surface, easier to land and once the newbie has learned to fly, he would't need to look for a 2nd plane...just increase the throws and it becomes a good 2nd plane to learn aerobatics (of course he can get other planes such as scales etc) but he wouldnt need an immeadiate 2nd plane to progress...
anyways i know trainers have some self recovery characteristic...but how much is it?
just my 2 cents....i could be entirely wrong but just a thought....
bikz,
I'm not sure why you feel you need everyone's thoughts, here. Are you instructing? Are you planning on becoming an instructor? It might help to know what you intend to do with the results of this survey.
If you are instructing now.... please let us know the results of this experiment.
If you are planning on doing instruction, are you planning on selecting only students with 3D intent? Or are you planning on making the recommendation across all disciplines?
It seems to me that a student who is intereted in scale warbirds and has no intent on doing 3D would be saddled with an unlikely trainer, and later with an unwanted 3D plane.
It seems to me that a student interested in gliders or slope soaring would be saddled with an overpowered, oversensitive trainer, later unused for any purpose.
I do instruction, and have found the conventional trainer useful to everyone, so far, including one student who moved on to 3D, and a current student who plans on electric power glider fun later on.
Good luck,
Dave Olson