Originally Posted by BOAC
Not forgetting, of course, that in a sim, the disorientating illusion of being tilted back during a real g/a is created by - tilting you back....................
Nope, sorry, I don't buy that.
When my dentist tilts the chair back, I feel a zero-g sort of sensation as the force supporting my back drops to nil and I fall backwards. When I use full wellie in an auto transmission car the force on my back pushes me forward continuously for an extended period of time. Totally different sensation.
And once the sim seat is tilted back to say 45 degrees the total is still 1g, whereas in a real sitation it would be 1.4g. I think I would notice the difference.
But I do accept the traditional model of somographic illusion where all 1g blind manouevres seem like level flight.