Mxsmanic , IFR sensations, and some other stuff

You might have noticed it takes a LONG time in a sim to arrive at a
real destination. It's not often we climb aboard our airplane without
wanting to actually, after a flight, be in a different place.

There are a few real life issues your simming may not correctly
represent. For example, one can fly in IMC and have excellent
visibility and outside reference. IMC does NOT mean being in the
clouds.

Also, IFR flight in marginal IMC or in VMC requires that we be fully
alert to outside cues and traffic-- ATC has the job of keeping IFR
airplanes apart, and they try -- but cannot always -- keep separation
from VFR traffic. That is our job, and even if it was not our job we'd
be on the lookout for such airplanes, since the price of an encounter
with one is very high.



On May 19, 10:23 pm, Mxsmanic wrote:
"Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe" The Sea Hawk At Wow Way D0t C0m writes:

You had no physical sensations to distract and disorient you.

Yes, but I had none to depend on, either.

You had no physical sensations that would have caused vertigo. You had no sensations
that would result in motion sickness. You have no idea how difficult it
really is with those sensations present. Most of the rest of us here do.

Most, perhaps, but not all.

I would _hope_ that you made it to your "destination" fer crying out loud -
flying in IMC while sitting in a lazyboy is stupid easy compared to real
life.

It has the advantage of being much safer and more comfortable.