On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 00:40:48 +0200, Mxsmanic
wrote:

Dave Stadt writes:

The only way to fly IFR or VFRfor hat matter is in an airplane. You are
simulating IFR, you are not by the longest stretch of the imagination flying
IFR.

The I in IFR stands for instruments. You fly just by reading
instruments. In fact, using a simulator that has no motion or scenery
is a good test for IFR flight; if you can't fly without feeling
movement or looking out the window, you don't know how to fly IFR.

No, you can't. Feeling the movement is entirely the point. If you
could fly the airplane by reference to the instruments without feeling
movement, then instrument training would be easy. But it doesn't work
like that in the real world. The airplane inherently imparts
accelerations that are inconsistent with the indications of the
instruments. Part of the training process is learning to ignore the
sensations and trust the instruments. It can be very difficult for the
untrained pilot to make this mental adjustment in the seconds before
making a crater in the ground, which is why getting the training
beforehand is so important.

RK Henry