vaughn wrote:
"birdog" wrote in message
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I can't see pilots EVER stepping directly from a sim into the left seat.

One relevant sim test that I have been proposing for years is to simply do it
the other way around; go from the left seat to the sim! As an initial test of
any sim, simply have a real pilot (but one who does not fly sims) who is fully
qualified and current on the plane being simulated, sit down and attempt a
takeoff, pattern, and landing. If the "real" pilot can't do that simple task on
the first try, (as the pilot surely could in the real airplane) then the sim
fails .

Vaughn



The FAA requires something more elaborate on the big (even small) jets.
The control forces in representative phases of flight must match
DYNAMICALLY the records taken on a representative aircraft. The
aerodynamic behavior at the usual points on the envelope is reviewed,
i.e. for a static pitch stability demonstration, a dynamic pitch
stability demonstration and many others. These are arranged by a step
input in pitch then a release, to watch the overshoot behavior when trim
attitude is regained. These can amount to several hundred verification
maneuvers, all set up automatically and plotted against aircraft data.
This is repeated in three axes, for yaw and roll too...
Pilot subjective evaluations are avoided so far as possible, because
succeeding pilots will offer somewhat contradictory views. Give us the
facts, Ma'am.

Brian W