Tips for SIM training

[Boots2Wings]

Ginger helps with motion sickness;
so either eat some, real ginger ale, or they make supplements.
All perfectly safe and no limitation on use

 

[Murdoughnut]

Ginger pills do the trick for me in the plane when it's particularly bumpy or for doing maneuvers training.

 

[Roger Roger]

Ginger helps with motion sickness;
so either eat some, real ginger ale, or they make supplements.
All perfectly safe and no limitation on use

If you want that real ginger kick gotta get some ginger beer instead of ginger ale.

As a plus it goes great with gin and a squirt of lime juice for the post-debrief relaxation.

 

[MikeD]

Unusual attitudes are fine. I have no issues except for the taxi.

demand not to taxi, and start in lineup and wait. Taxiing is worthless in the sim anyway.

 

[MikeD]

Ginger pills do the trick for me in the plane when it's particularly bumpy or for doing maneuvers training.

do ginger people do the trick for you too?

 

[ASpilot2be]

demand not to taxi, and start in lineup and wait. Taxiing is worthless in the sim anyway.

Wish the FAA saw it that way.

 

[MikeD]

Wish the FAA saw it that way.

that would be nice. Pushbacks in the sim are even more worthless. Haha

 

[ASpilot2be]

that would be nice. Pushbacks in the sim are even more worthless. Haha

The only time I like those is for the LOFT scenarios. It's nice to piece everything together before you go out for IOE.

 

[tlove482]

So I tried the head down during taxi and it helped a lot. I'll try ginger next time.

 

[knot4u]

I remember being at FlightSafety Dallas for MX initial and part of the training was APU start, engine start and taxi in the sim. If it was busy they'd leave the motion part turned off, but it was not uncommon for the instructor to occasionally let the MX guys play a little bit if no one was looking. My partner in the G200 started to get nauseous as soon as he started to taxi. We swapped seats and he started getting sick again. The instructor had us take a break and get back in with the motion turned on, I was fine, but he was not. Barf bags in a sim, it's amazing how our brains work regarding visual cues and balance from the vestibular. We both passed as far I know.

 

[Chief Captain]

So I tried the head down during taxi and it helped a lot. I'll try ginger next time.

Head down, and/or eyes closed during reposition and taxi. Especially if you’re doing the taxi with the motion off. Your brain gets confused when your eyes and ears send different signals.

 

[poser765]

do ginger people do the trick for you too?

The last time I ate a ginger I felt pretty damn good. So did the ginger, in fact.

 

[🦈💜]

I would think the opposite? I think looking 'out' during taxi so your brain matches what you are doing is probably best?

In a real airplane, yes. In a sim, very no.