"Larry Fransson" wrote in message
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You don't have to go quite that far. Level C will do fine. Their
visuals are plenty good. They just don't do daylight visuals or have
That is almost correct... in order to use a Level C sim for a type rating
instead of a Level D sim the pilot needs to meet certain prerequisite
experience requirements -- See Appendix 1 Task vs. Simulation Device Credit
at the end of the ATP/Type Rating Practical Test Standards in this link:
http://av-info.faa.gov/data/practica...-s-8081-5d.pdf
For those who are interested, the following link gives an extremely detailed
listing of the technical requirements for Level A through D simulators...
among other items a Level D can do which a Level C cannot do are accurate
representations of mach effect at altitude, weather radar correlated with
visuals, airframe icing scenarios, control bufetting in certain situations,
and flight near thunderstorms:
http://www2.faa.gov/nsp/nsp/AC-120-40B.pdf
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Richard Kaplan, CFII
www.flyimc.com