James, 

if you did get sick imagine how long you would last when the motion and the 
visuals get out of phase. 3 experienced crew sick within 5 minutes. 

some people have problems sitting in the middle seat of a sim as the variation 
in visual cues really knocks them around. 

Peter Heath    






---- james dutschke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 
> Hi.
> 
> Ive been fortunate enough to have a few goes in some big, full motion 
> simulators. The range of movment they can achieve is scary to look at when 
> you are outside the sim in the control room.
> 
> Inside with motion turned on, they feel ALMOST real. They do acceleration, 
> (ie pwr and braking) obviously pitching and rolling and also yaw. The problem 
> is, that although they simulate most of these very well, they are still 
> somewhat plastic. And for someone used to what actually happens in the real 
> world it confuses your senses a fair bit. My experience is that this "cant 
> quite put my finger on whats wrong here" feeling made me a little nausious. 
> It passes but is rather weird to get used to. 
> 
> It is pretty cool to be flying such a big, heavy plane though. especailly 
> when >moderate turbulence is dialed in :-)
> 
> James.

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