Many thanks all for the inputs.
saikat - never head of the ele/thr mixing, but you mix so many things, may we call you the flying DJ
. Thanks for the inputs sire
rcpilotacro - I love the scientific rationale, makes most sense to know what one is doing rather than just following. Got a couple of new things to learn
anwar - I think if one knows what it exactly does, it wouldnt be cheating, but not knowing and simply following surely is cheating oneself
. Its like driving an automatic car vs a manual transmission.
shadman_alam - I agree, that's not training but the whole point of asking this question was to bring out more views. I now feel that A/R mixing should be introduced at advanced stages rather than earlier ones, so I will stick to the desi school of thought. I fly the boomerang so its more of a sports trainer.
updates: I tried automatic mixing at the filed and manual mixing as well. This is what I realized:
1) The aileron initiates the turn while the elevator executes it, if we mix the aileron with the rudder, the nose orientation is only being corrected at the start of the turn and little thereafter, not while executing it. So a manual mixing between the elevater and ruder (only while turning in air) made most sense, esp on slower planes with lower WL.
2) Manual mixing does make a better pilot as one really gets to understand the controls.
3) Knife edge is a no no...
So I've now broken A/R mixing into two parts as such (for my understanding only)-
A/R mixing (yes or no) - slight aileron + ruder at initiating a turn, followed by elevator + rudder - yes
Automatic mixing or manual mixing - automatic makes most sense if done for a specific set of maneuvers and manual is applicable in almost all situations