I wrote that original reply... and yep, when I was learning to fly, I bought props by the bag..ha.. 5 to a bag.. cuz I was breaking them on a regular basis for quite a while. That happens, and it's better to break a prop than something else.

One other thing that I have them do is upon final, the tendency is to fly to far away, on the other side of the runway. So, I try to have them come on in, and for at least the first part of the final, to fly directly towards themselves (as someone above mentioned). It seems that once they start to do that, they begin to correct the position and land closer to the center line.. kind of automatically. Flying towards themselves seems to get them used to having the plane closer to the center line like that.

It always helps to have the instructor get the tuning right so that the idle is at idle and not 500 RPM faster. It slows down the approaches. If you ever noticed it, you can pull the engine to idle, but it won't really go to idle right away. That's because of the slipstream forcing somewhat of a windmill effect, which eventually will go away as you slow down on landing. The key is to make sure you begin to retard the throttle on the downwind leg of the approach as you lose altitude. After your turn from base to final, line up, but don't retard the throttle just yet, wait a few seconds to make sure you have the landing zone (over the runway or at least clear of anything that may cause problems under the aircraft). Then adjust your landing position using the throttle not the elevator. More throttle will extend the approach while keeping the nose down a bit. Once over the landing point, and a foot or less over the runway, flare to a landing.

But, most of you already know this..