"Ken Hornstein" wrote in message
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I can't speak for anyone else, but I've never been able to judge turn
coordination without the use of the ball (bank angle, I'm "ok" on). If
I don't look at the ball, I have no idea if I'm coordinated or not.
My instructor tried very hard to get me to judge coordination "naturally",
but I just never got it. How do you teach something like that?

I will bet that you can at least judge coordination well enough to avoid
serious problems.

Keeping the ball smack in the middle is a lot harder than making sure the
airplane isn't skidding dangerously. In fact, I suspect most people who
claim that they need the turn coordinator are simply underestimating the
sensitivity of that instrument. You can keep your flying pretty good and
still have the ball slip out of center a little bit.

Pete