dgr4340
Cheers for the replies. Make sense.
The only problem I can see therefore is the stall/spin situation - you agree that the student could well end in a stall/spin situation - now if you advocate spinning this will reduce the number of a/c the system can ultimately be used in. The more interesting factor is that if you allow such a stall situation to occur you need recover by 3000' agl...which given the land in the UK probably means an alt of 4000'. If the situation is allowed to go to full spin then you are looking at training at 6000' alt. (5000' agl). In the UK that can severly limit the use of the device due two the two factors of weather - its hard enough to get good days for spinning...and controlled airspace - of which we have significant densities of.
Therefore Im curious how far you see the training going re the stall/spin situation...
Im still concerned about the loss of lookout - particularly by the instructor - I can see him *having* to concentrate on the screen rather than the outside world/instruments...you see - when teaching IFR you concentrate on the instruments & the outside world - all too often instruments & teaching take priority at the cost of lookout. For the instructor to now properly monitor & instruct re: what is happening in the artificial world he must rob the time from the other two...the great thing about say a PFL in the real world is that you can lookout & monitor the student at the same time....
You have obviously given this a lot of thought...congrats for getting this far!