transition training from a low time guy perspective
I've got about 90 hours total, with about 60 of them 30 years ago. Of course the good thing about the old training was, X-wind, gusty full stall landings, slips unusual attitudes and such,... at least understanding the airplane a bit. It helped when getting back into flying at the local airport, where a cross wind can make for an exciting time, as it rolls off the trees and onto the runway, of course there are no trees on final,.. just down the runway, one should not be asleep at the controls when landing.
Last month I went out to vist the professor, Mike Seager, for a bit of transition training, with his C/s trigear. Well,... I spent the first day trying to hang onto the tail tie down and not be totally left behind by the airplane, and trying to adjust the gain on my control inputs,.. heck I was tring to find where to make them with throttle, prop and etc in different places.. and obviously the 172 inputs were not the proper calibration. A real piece trying to get sorted out was the final decent angle and altitudeTHROUGH the numbers. Just seemed like you rode that high speed elevator into the asphalt, before thinking about "increasing the pressure" on the stick,...heck if you moved it,.. it was about time to call cross wind if you weren't careful,...
Spent the night trying to figure out how to unlearn some actions,.. decided that the old shooting trick of wedging an arm or elbow somewhere was a good idea, .. and slowly got the stick movement down the next day. Morning of the second day was better, it was a bit easier to fly,.. riding in the seat instead on hanging onto the tiedown,..still trying to fine tune that "sight picture" for takeoff and landing (rollout) and linkage to the stick,... flying, nose up, nose down,.... man, it sure could move quick if you even tried to make something happen.
Then in the afternoon,... CLICK,... things fell into place,... wow, what a fun plane,.. of course the 30 odd TO/LDGs, and ongoing feedback by Mike probably helped the grey matter to connect.
So,.. would I recommend transition training,.. YEP,.. you betcha