ORIGINAL: red head

fliers; Sometime when you have time. Get another qualified pilot that you (trust) and put the student up on a buddy box, you control the plane. Now have the other pilot stand behind the student with his hands on the sticks / student fingers. Now have the pilot do the flying and the student just follow along. It will only take a few minutes and the student will understand the smoothness needed. I caught on to this at one of the airshows we gave while putting kids on the buddy box. It worked much smoother and better for the show and kids to have a qualified pilot helping them, it also taught the pilot a few things. I don't believe in using this system to completly teach, but it is a very good tool in the teaching process.. As a side note; I have had another instructor fly the plane and I stand behind so I know what the student is doing.

Another note; when putting on buddybox seminars at airshows etc. Use a qualified instructor to fly the plane, then use someone behind the customer/student that has qualified to fly as the backup pilot. They will learn as much or more then the customer/student. The first time I did this at an airshow the backup pilot came up to me after words and commented that he had really gotten more out of the session then he ever thought possible. TRY IT, it is very helpfull and can be fun for both instructor and student and backup pilot if you use one. ENJOY !!!!! RED

I sort of understand where you are going and I think I sort of do something like that at times but don't really think about it.