Here is a closeup of the panel. You can see the airport selector
dials and fail mode indicators on the right.
The fail modes are: Excess G's, Excess Mach, Descent (into terrain),
Bank (excessive bank angle), Gear (gear
was damaged or not extended on landing) and Side Force (indicating
enough side force was applied to the
main landing gear on touchdown to cause them to fail. This would
typically happen in a high crosswind situation that the pilot didn't properly
control for)
The knobs on the left allow the instructor to introduce instrument reading
error into any of the engine instruments.
The buttons next to them allow the instructor to cause various problems
with the engines themselves and the bank to the right of that allow the
instructor to fail the engine instruments themselves.
...and finally, an unblocked view of the simulator cab.
Thanks for taking the time to go though these pages! I hope you
enjoyed the tour!
If you have any questions or corrections, please feel free to email
me at geneb@simpits.org
Gene Buckle
May 5th, 2000