Dear Pilots & Insurance Professionals,

We can all agree about the value of simulator training for pilots; however, is there any advantage to training in a full motion sim vs. a non-motion sim?  Is training in a full motion sim worth the extra cost?

This is what the studies actually show:   

"There is a general belief in the training community that the more realistic the simulation, the better training the Soldier receives, however, research has not supported this belief." 

Effects of Motion on Skill Acquisition in Future Simulators

United States Army Research Institute

for the Behavioral and Social Sciences 2006-07

"The authors arrived at a similar conclusion to others before them in that the results of this research do not show any inherent benefits in adding motion cues to training simulators when examining transfer of training or progress of training." 

Effects of Motion on Skill Acquisition in Future Simulators

United States Army Research Institute

for the Behavioral and Social Sciences 2006-07

"The no-motion group performed the landing maneuvers with significantly more precision and less effort than their motion counterparts and also reacted more quickly during the engine failure."

Effects of Motion on Skill Acquisition in Future Simulators

United States Army Research Institute

for the Behavioral and Social Sciences 2006-07

"Despite the wide application of this technology in current air transport training operations we found no evidence that, at least under the conditions reported here, experienced pilots perform differently in the absence of motion provided by complex platform systems. Further, subjective ratings of realism and simulator control responsiveness also were unaffected by the elimination of all maneuvering motion cues." 

FLIGHT SIMULATOR PLATFORM MOTION AND AIR TRANSPORT PILOT TRAINING

Alfred T. Lee, Ph.D. and Steven R. Bussolari, Ph.D.

NASA Ames Research Center and Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Call us for  details about training at 800 727 1014.