Originally Posted by
Fly Aiprt
As I understand it, Boeing's "simulator" is a thing they call an "engineering cab" (e-cab), maybe some contraption into which they plug actual computer boxes etc.
Actually, as I suspected it, the e-cab is not a full motion flight simulator, nor an "iron bird" with all the hardware, rods and cables attached.
It is a fixed simulator with video screens in front of the windows.
https://www.boeing.com/features/2014...-06-25-14.page
Makes you think when pilots tell they had a hard time recovering the aircraft when replicating the MAX accidents. What with a full flight sim, or pulling g's in a real airplane.
