Instrument Rated pilots don't land on the gauges, they use visual
reference.

I am one who supports practicing, with a safety pilot of course, flying
an ILS all the way to touchdown a couple of times a year (you know the
drill -- start backing off throttle at the MM, give up on glide slope,
keep the localizer centered, feel ground effect, flare and touch down).
Don't do it in a crosswind. Knowing you can gives you one more tool
should conditions really turn to crap in real life.



On Nov 23, 4:54 pm, Mxsmanic wrote:
Jay Honeck writes:
Yet, even when I downloaded his current aircraft, and set him up at his
home airport, he was not able to land on the runway. The only thing I
can think of is that he apparently flies his real aircraft "by feel"
more than most of us do, and the simulator obviously is lacking in
"feel", since it is not a full-motion sim.Yup. Put him in a full-motion sim, and I'm sure he'll be able to land
effortlessly. Turn off the motion in the full-motion sim, and you'll
probably see the same problems you're seeing in your sim.

Does this pilot ever fly IFR?

It will be interesting to see if the new computer system I've ordered
-- which will help to make the sim experience as realistic as possible
-- helps the situation, or if it's strictly a motion-related problem
that can't be resolved.Instrument-rated pilots apparently resolve it.

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