ORIGINAL: CloudSkipper
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?
I think you are making this a lot more complicated than it needs to be. In your flying style, be accurate, precise and repeatable, i.e., be able to make a good 30 degree bank, hold it for the turn (90 or 180 degrees)and be able to do the same thing as well, again and again. If your 30 degree bank slops over to 60 degrees or 15 degrees, you have blown it. Do the same with a 45 degree bank, etc. "Tightening the turn, changing the bank, etc" is another way of masking sloppy flying. It is a lot easier to rationalize bad habits that way.
