Hi AirRabbit,
Thanks for your explanation for the reluctant introduction of LM2.
You say “Note: a typical person will feel the cab rolling when it is rolling at 2 degrees/second or more.”
Similarly, I would have thought a typical pilot could also sense the cab pitching at 2 degs/second or more. During take off, the cab rotates backwards quite steeply and quickly to simulate the acceleration on the runway. (The converse is true during braking.) With strong visual clues, we pilots interpret that as an acceleration and not as a rotation.
Similarly prolonged sideways accelerations can be simulated with cab roll and provided we have strong visual clues, we would interpret the roll as a sideways acceleration.
One of your reasons for not accepting LM2 is “However, this is achieved by limiting the roll capability of the simulator, resulting in a situation where the simulator cab cannot roll much to represent the aircraft's roll, effectively decreasing roll fidelity”
I was not aware that the cab rolled at all during a balanced banked turn. Please could you expand some more.