Just wondering how many of the pro-pilots here have had experience of the full motion sims available today. I have a couple of questions:-
1. Did you find the training very useful?
2. Did you get to try situations which were not really do-able in the real thing?
3. Anyone had a bad experience in a sim?
4. How often do you think we should be doing recurrency training in sims?
Reason I ask no.3 is because during a recent sim ride, I just managed to stuff an S76 into the ground, nose first from 2000' after double engine failure because I made the 'fatal' mistake of pushing right pedal which caused the collective to pop back up. Nr droop below recoverable was so quick.
I never knew the S76 had such low inertia blades. I always thought getting away from R22's would mean no more Nr worries.
The full motion sim is able to give you a terrifying look (albeit very short) into what it looks like from the inside. Not pleasant to say the least. I learned something though so I guess they are good for purpose.