ORIGINAL: Missileman
Your first flights will likely be circuits around the field in one direction, concentrating on smooth turns and maintaining altitude in the turns.
Let your instructor know you have a sim and he will let you know what to practice to get ready for future flights.
Thanks for info. That's good to know ahead of time. I did not think that it would be as structured as that.
As for turning specifically... this overlaps with maintaining altitude, but even when flying carefully, I like to pull back on the stick just that extra bit to tighten the turn a little combined with appropriately adjusted roll to maintain more or less level altitude (not by much though... not like aerobatic or anything). Would tightening turns a little be a no no during beginner instruction?
P.S. But regardless, I would however take it as it comes with how it feels myself also. If I'm not feeling confident and good about how it's handling then I'll just be totally conservative all the way.