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The biggest nugget is probably power+attitude=performance so learn the powers and
attitudes for climb, cruise, descent, hold, initial approach and final approach.
Get students to start by playing "test pilot" as soon as they can hold a
reasonably steady attitude, build a performance table, then make sure they learn
it.
The next is to make sure that they get actual IMC without foggles/screens at some
time during the training.

Everything else falls more into the category of dust than nuggets. You probably
know these anyway so I'll be cryptic, ask if something doesn't make sense:
- use bank angle of half heading change up to rate 1
- use roll-out heading lead of half bank angle
- fly rate 1 using the AI for known bank (only use TI/TC to check). Angle of
bank=7+kts/10.
- use a VOR indicator to help with timed turns (forget compass error turns)
- use a level off anticipation of 10% ROC or 20% ROD
- make sure that you use Nav aids as information sources rather than command
sources
- continually ask yourself "what radial am I on? what radial do I want? so which
way do I turn? and how
much do I turn?". Remember that when going towards a beacon (inbound in the
hold) if you need a bigger
radial turn L, if going away turn R.
- learn the "max drift" concept and use the DI as a visual drift and groundspeed
computer (ask here if you
don't know about this technique)
- learn the point-to-point technique that's been discussed here before.

Dave Sawdon

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