He should setup his sim at a disco/nudie bar. Plenty of
smoke to simulate IMC, strobe lights and distractions.


He can even do an alcohol experiment and see why drinking
and flying don't work well together.


"Robert Chambers" wrote in
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| Haha, in a 737... you mean in Bill Gates somewhat grainy
representation
| of a 737 you mean.
|
| prior to engine start the beacon goes on, once you start
up if it's
| night time put all the lights on for taxi, if there are
others that
| might be impacted by the strobes turn them off, if you're
flying in a
| cloud (or in your case a pretend cloud) turn the strobes
off to prevent
| the reflection of the strobes from giving you vertigo -
you might fall
| off your chair.
|
|
|
| Mxsmanic wrote:
| Kingfish writes:
|
|
| Hmmm. Do you turn on your virtual strobe before you
start your virtual
| engine, so as not to endanger anyone with your virtual
prop?
|
|
| I turn on the beacon. I understood that the strobe is
for low
| visibility conditions and that a lot of pilots are
irritated by
| strobes operating on the ground. Whereas the beacon
simply indicates
| that the engines are turning (in addition to improving
visibility).
|
| In a 737, I turn on the anticollision lights before
engine start.
|