Never sickness or disorientation, but I have always found simulators hard to fly for these reasons
Originally Posted by huey
One theory says that is the difference in the "seat-of-the-pants" feelings and the impressions on the body and sensoric organs....
That could explain why mostly experienced pilots have problems in the simulator-because their bodies/brains already KNOW how it feels,
I have always found the lack of 'real' motion or reaction to control inputs confusing, even if just at a sub-conscious level, which could obviously affect those susceptible. It is annoying that you can regularly see sim technicians with little or no flying experience 'aceing' s/e approaches because they know EXACTLY what numbers to use for power, pitch, trim etc, while we old hairys thrash away coping with 'unexpected' reactions from the software and motion jacks
I have not done enough fixed base work lately to see if there is a difference which could be a logical effect..