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Good evening all,
I would suggest you beg, borrow or steal the
Jun-July Sailplane and gliding and have a look at the article on Simulator
training experiments. Page 43.
The article details the training of a student who
after one trial flight was then trained on a soaring simulator.
In brief, the article describes the simulator, the
enviroment and the operation. Some of the pertinant comments;
Overall the simulator is not as easy to fly as the
real glider,
Scenery is fairly realistic,
the control feel are lighter than a real gliders
and do not change in flight.
So how did it go??
After six hours in the simulator he had completed
the pre solo progress card and was up to solo standard. Andy then flew a further
two hours "solo" as the weather was to bad to fly for real.
Real fiight one, Andy flew the entire flight
including the aero tow and handled the flight pretty well with a few verbal
prompts.
Real flight two, the instructor said the following
" If you did not know Andys background and had been giving him a check flight
you would have thought he was a bit rusty but he is OK to fly solo. Scary
thought after just two flights!"
Flights three and four detail some of the progress
like boxing the tow and desensitising him to flight sensations. In order to do
this they did some aerobatics and Andy felt much better after this.
Flight number 5. FIRST SOLO.
The article then goes onto discuss other uses for
the simulator including Instructor training, Safety training, Marketting Soaring
Training.
Cost? Approx 6000 pounds fully installed in a
dedicated room.
Closing comments. "And in conclusion, having used a
simulator for training I cannot ever see Lasham not including it in its future
plans.
Well worth a look.
Ian P
Kookaburra Precision Soaring Team
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