AndyW;
Your advice is different from my first flight plans and I would like you to explain why you choose to do lazy ovals with the ailerons rather than the rudder.

Here are my thoughts.  With the A/C at altitude, and slow, skid the a/c around the oval with a little rudder.  gets both thumbs working.  I expect a little nose drop with the rudder, perhaps more so than with ailerons.  Rudder would be my choice for landing approach so why not use it to start rather than ailerons.  I can work in coordinated turns with ailerons later in flights.
That's my thought process.  I would like to hear your thoughts because (and don't tell my wife) I could be wrong here.</p>

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Thanks</p>

Paul</p>