Originally Posted by
Fly Aiprt
The sim is fixed, but the pictures on the screen do move, so they hopefully introduced some digital model of the physical aircraft.
I read somewhere that they use it to plug in the real boxes, so they can see how the automation works.
As it is only a shell mimicking the upper half of the 737 nose, how do they replicate the efforts, cable lag and springiness of the manual trim linkage ? Chances are that these are as unrealistic as in an ordinary simulator.
Of course, crew sitting comfortably in a fixed cabin will easily run the upset check-lists. And yet, there are those rumors of "having a hard time".
As for seeing a video...unless it is sneaked out, well...
Well to be fair, All simulators these days have screen displays.
And out of interest, The HP Victor sim which we trained in had only white opaque screens and fixed base but we still sweated in it in some of the scenarios.
Realistic feel for flight controls is a big challenge for any sim manufacturer and that includes the trim wheel. There just isn’t room for cables and pulleys.
Trouble is that sims will have to be modded to be able to match the Max expected mods in this respect, but one should be kept and checked for conformity with the original Max config for any required inquiry testing.