Originally posted by Ghostbear
Second, when I was (the learner) on a buddy box, I had no real way of knowing when the instructor had taken over. Mabybe that's the problem here. [/B]
I make it a habit to say "I have it" and explain why I took over....
Also, I'm a recent convert to Clarence Ragland's "Kinesthetic learning" technique (previously alluded to). I challenged him by offering him a session with students at our club. In one session he had many students (including problem student and one heli student) flying literally Instructor hands off.