In article ,
Peter Duniho wrote:
"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.

Well, shoot .... how do I tell? I mean, I have _no_ sense of coordination.
If you were to put me in a skid, I have no idea how that feels. During
climbout, I always have to cross-check with the ball to make sure I'm
coordinated; I can never do that on feel. I'm better with that now, but
that's because I know the right amount of control pressure to use on
the rudder, not because I know what coordinated flight feels like.
During slips, the only thing that tells me I'm in a slip is the ball.

--Ken