On Thu, 31 Jul 2003 23:17:44 GMT, Judah wrote:
When training for spins, do you actually put the plane into one? When

Yes.

training for engine out, do you actually turn off the mags? When training
What I've been flying lately has no mags. In fact, no engine at all.

for partial panel, do you actually turn off the master? When training for
failed pitot-static do you actually block the pitot tube and/or static
ports?

No, but I've done instrument currency work in a sim and the instructor
has done both to me.

While I haven't done 'porpoising training' per se, my tailwheel training
involved recovering from a bounce by avoiding porpoising. The rule of
thumb was, on the first bounce you could try to recover by going to
3-point attitude. On the second bounce, you go around.

Be that as it may, as a some-day-to-be instructor, I'm not sure I'd
feel comfortable exposing a pre-solo student in a tricycle gear
airplane to a porpoising situation, but I'd make sure the student
at least understood the concept. In fact, I'd probably start the
training with go-arounds as the first choice.

Morris