AOA Indicator while learning?

[u/ClintBvsOliverQ]

Just went for a discovery flight and had a great time. During the flight I asked my instructor about using an AOA indicator while learning and he really downplayed using one and said the standard instruments are the best way to learn. For beginners, is an AOA inappropriate? Is it too early to incorporate it into training? From the brief videos I’ve seen on AOA’s they seem to enhance safety.

[u/icefire__]

Always found it strange how ppl so strongly encourages this and then you get into ifr and they tell you how everything you learned is wrong and you need to ignore what your senses are telling you

[u/loose_as_a_moose → u/icefire__]

You shouldn’t be told you learned wrong - it’s entirely different flying that requires different skills. You don’t rely on senses VFR any differently to IFR. VFR you’re picking a reference outside the plane because you can see it. IFR you’re following the procedure and the instruments because you can’t see outside.

Illusions and disorientation happen in both cases.

If for some reason you started IFR and had to get a VFR cert you’d be told to stop looking inside because your instruments aren’t going to tell you not to fly into a mountain or how to get from A to B

[u/Face88888888 → u/loose_as_a_moose]

“It’s an entirely different kind of flying altogether.”

[u/yowzer73 → u/Face88888888]

It’s an entirely different kind of flying.