Ian wrote:


I generally find that my attention is fully occupied while landing.

When isn't it? I always find myself falling behind somehow whenever I
begin to merely enjoy the scenery.


If I had an AoA indicator, I would have to take attention away from
something else to look at it...

There is a thing we in the game call a cross-check: look into it.


(I always have the audio vario and radio
off for the final approach).

Now I get it, Ian: you are really a troll/FAA Inspector, here to roil
the waters on r.a.s. We can play that game.

The vario-off mode is OK, if you must reduce the aural clutter, but
please tell us how you believe that turning off a major link (radio) you
have with one of the greatest hazards in flying (other traffic) is going
to improve your longevity: and in the pattern, no less? Horrified minds
want to know.


Would an AoA...indicator free up some
of my attention, and if so, from what?

An AoAi would give you a reliable indication of the actual and, in
concert with other instruments (ASi, RoC/Vario) and the seat of your
pants, the potential performance of your wing. There is no single item
that I know of which will virtually fly the aircraft for you: certainly
the AoA will not.

What is it which you would like to be able to do, or to know--and in
what phase of flight?



Jack