Originally Posted by HN39
I do respectfully disagree.
- and entitled, of course, but way off beam! Perhaps you could tell us how you think a full motion sim produces a sustained feeling of acceleration (or deceleration)?
the change in pitch equals the change in flight path angle FPA
- remembering, of course, that a sim does not have an 'FPA'.
I would suggest you read up on somatogravic illusions. In this case it its the otolithic membranes that are in play. Skylibrary covers it well in
www.skybrary.aero/bookshelf/books/767.ppt - you will see the effect on slide 20.