chris writes:

Umm, that logic is faulty... The other senses may be unreliable, but
that doesn't mean they don't help you fly.

If they are unreliable without visual confirmation, they are practically
useless.

You can tell you are climbing by feeling it in the seat of your pants,
for instance.

How do you know that you are climbing and not turning? They feel the same.

Do you suggest we disregard every clue the aircraft give you except for
visual clues because they are unreliable??

No, but I suggest that people who cling desperately to physical sensations as
some sort of magic dividing line between flying in real life and flying in
simulation try to get a better grip.

You can tell a lot by the seat of your pants and by listening, and
that helps you fly.

As long as you can correlate it with other information, essentially visual.

Feeling something in the seat of your pants tells you that the status of the
aircraft has changed, but that's about it. To figure out exactly what has
happened, you need visual input, or instruments.

This is like your thread about
coordinated turns - we can feel the turn, so we should use that
feeling.

Unfortunately, it feels just like a climb.

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