Originally Posted by
cardiomd
Teaching "no more than 30 degrees bank" is probably reasonable but I would insist on more knowledge of what presents the actual dangers from any aviator (that is: it is not the bank itself that is a problem).
Preventing traffic pattern stalls. This is the actual danger and why you don't want to get near a stall when you are at a low altitude. Come on doc, you're smarter than that.
This is the first thing I learned when learning to fly. I think everyone I know was taught this way. You don't "wrap it up" or "kick the rudders" to compensate for an overshooting turn to final.
Too many GA crash this way. Even if the aircraft has the performance capability, 60 degrees at 223' ... IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN ... is not safe.