Airlerons vs Rudder?????????
Have been practicing with the G3.5 simulator and can now taxi, takeoff, circle the airfield, throw in a loop or two with a barrel roll and land consistently well. Using a PT 40 trainer. Was at the airfield yesteday and there was a big competition show going on. So being a beginner I was talking with some of the folks that were there for info on flying. I was talking to a "OLD TIMER" and he said that I should be using rudder to turn and control landing yaw and leveling the plane with the airlerons. Later that day I went to the hobby store to look for a second plane. One of the salespersons said that I was fine for now and that rudder will come into play later for acrobatics which I don't foresee myself getting into. I enjoy the larger scale planes and really don't have a interest in snap and roll right now. Right now I'm putting together a Hobbistar 60 with a .61fx OS. Now all this time I have been using the airlerons for turning and landing and have no problems. Should I stop using the airlerons now for turning and landing? Tried to switch to using "RUDDER" and crashing all the time on landing but can turn in the air OK. Also I use elevator alot for controlling up and down pitch when landing with using engine power. Getting a little frustrated because now I'm thinking I have start all over again and shake possibly what might have become a "BAD HABIT". I do go to a local club and they seems willing to help so I just thought I would get the forum's input as to how everyone feels about this subject. Thanks again to all.