A daft idea to avoid spatial disorientation in IMC...?

[danny_galaga]

23 hours ago, facthunter said:

The real ball is damped by the fluid in the Glass, It's a BALANCE  (slip/skid) only. The Turning "thing" is the ears semicircular Canals. You don't have to speculate about this. It's covered in Human Factors and other references. After a while the inner ear ceases to register the TURNING and if you stop turning it thinks you are going the other way.  The seat of the  Pants detects accelerations and "G" changes. Nothing is there to tell which way you are going unless you SEE it.  Nev

Yes, was a real eye opener for me years ago when I first did my ppl training. Did the two hours basic IFR. When the instructor gives you the frosted glasses and starts doing steep turns and climbs and descents for several minutes. Then it's

 

"what attitude are we now?" 

 

"We are in a steep left turn" 

 

Then it's off with the glasses and damned if we aren't flying straight and level 😲

 

Years later, and now I've gone the ultralight route with ra-aus, and unless I missed it somehow, they don't seem to do that demonstration.

 

I think there's no better way to tell you to stay out of the clouds than that one lesson.