On Aug 1, 7:13 pm, "Vaughn Simon"
wrote:
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ups.com...

I talked with Brad about adapting his sim
to teaching aerotow

While a sim may be useful for teaching procedural skills, I am very pessimistic
about their ability to teach stick and rudder skills.

Vaughn

im not thinking about it to teach stick and rudder skills. it would
be a great tool to teach pilots how to maintain position on tow.
possible could even be adapted to teach thermal centering techniques,
as well as crosswind landings. aerotow is arguably the most difficult
thing to learn for soaring pilots, particularly pilots transitioning
from powered flying with no aerobatic or formation experience. lots
of tows are spent simply trying to maintain position and there is a
lot of money to be saved by using a sim to teach this skill.

coordinated turns and all that other stick and rudder stuff is best
left for the air.