ORIGINAL: chris77
I put in 2 to 3 hours every day after work on the G2 sim for 3 month's that's 150 flying hours or at 15 minutes per flight that's 600 flights before i flew my avistar..., at the field i fly at there are people that have been flying on buddy boxes for 2 to 5 years, now that would have discouraged me and made me leave this hobby.
Gosh, I feel for you. I only needed about a month with my instructors to solo. It was at a time when buddy boxes were the exception. They had me landing before I thought I was ready, but it turned out they were right! No crashes while learning, but they sure did save the plane a time or two. The nice thing about a GOOD instructor is he will keep you focused on what you need to learn and practice rather than letting you bore holes in the sky.