Hi DGR4340:
Very interesting.
May I add some comments and suggestions?
First the one shortcoming that I found when training on the Airbus A320 Sim wes the " lack of reality in the picture out the window " This was not a big deal but to me it did clue me in to the fact that I was flying a sim rather than the airplane.
So I am facinated by your new device and wish to encourage you to continue.
Ignore some of the comments such as affecting the compass, as they are indictive of a lack of understanding of what you are doing. Affect the compass, give me a break who in hell cares. ( Unless the device frys the compass permantly so you have to buy a new one.)
The stall sipn at altitude is not a consideration if you have an instructor on board who is competant in recognition of the limitations of the airplane being flown. Neither is all the airspace negativeism, you can find safe airspace.
Speaking of airspace, here is a suggestion. Look at a globe and note all the airspace outside of The UK.
There are a lot of people who read Pprune that do live outside of the UK.
Reading all the comments that I see on the instructors forum I thank God that way back in our history there were humans who grasped the concept of the wheel. Had they been some of our flying instructors we would still be walking and dragging our stuff on the ground behind us.
So keep us informed and good on you for being inventive.
Cat Driver:
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The hardest thing about flying is knowing when to say no.