Shiny Side Up wrote:Aside from the style of DG and AI there is usually no difference what type of single engine four seater fixed pitch airplane the sim is representing for your purposes. Since you won't be able to see out the window to see if you're wings are on top or below, it won't trouble your mind (unless you have a particularly high end sim - unlikely at PPL level)
Yes it it's a simple one Cessna style cockpit with three big screens stationary. I have seen students loading a single and multi engine sim and flying one engine out in the cloud type sim.
Shiny Side Up wrote:Slightly OT, but what model of Cherokee are you flying? Most of them are approved to do spins. In fact if its approved for it, I'd reccomend doing spins in it, they tend to give you a better one.
It's actually '79 and '82 p-28-161 Warrior II. POH specifies that are not spin certified. I asked what is the technical reason as a question and my instructor gave me an answer, however I can tell he was not sure. I'll ask the Piper tech again. Piper seems to be ok in getting back to all my questions.
KK7 wrote:t's unfortunate that the school didn't already provide you with this information. Anyways, the main use of simulators in the PPL training is towards the instrument training that occurs towards the latter part of the PPL training. It doesn't take much to have an approved simulator so I would be surprised if the school was operating one that wasn't approved.
Yeah, I know. In the orientation class (ground school) CFI mentioned it briefly but sad nothing about how to use it and when. I just did have a chance to inquire again since I had a very decent weather pattern so I was using it for flying lessons. Just another day, the weather was not cooperating due to the windy conditions and I did not fly. I figured it might be a good chance to do something on it since it counts 5 hours toward totals. My instructor mentioned it counts toward instrument time and it is used near the end of instruction for the PPL.
Thanks again
Cheers
Dan