"BDS" wrote in message
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Some students want the first approach, some may want the second - it's
probably 95% to 5%. If you assume they all want the more detailed
explanation for everything, you will have frustrated students who either
think that flying is too complicated for them to learn, or who quit
because
they are bored.

When I took driver's ed in high school they didn't explain the inner
workings of a carburetor, nor did they need to in order for me to be able
to
learn how to drive. Knowing how a carburetor works and having the ability
to tear one down and put it back together again does not make me a better
driver.

You want to know every detail - fine. You just need to find an instructor
who is willing and able to do that for you. As you know, not all of them
are nor do they need to be in order to be able to teach you to fly and fly
well. I suspect you dispute that fact, but history has already proven you
wrong.

In general, I agree with you--one certainly didn't need to know the inner
workings of the carburetor. However, it could be very usefull to understand
what the throttle (accelerator) return spring did! That sort of information
is in the POH for any aircraft certified under Part 23.

OTOH, the answers to the original question posted by the OP might be
included over the course of an airframe mechanic's curriculum--or might not.

Peter