This is the far right side of the instructor panel.  You'll notice three vertically oriented controls at the top of the image.  These are used to select the airport that the flight will be originating from.
The row of white indicators directly below it are the "fail modes".  When illuminated, they inform the instructor
of a situation that would be destructive to the airframe.  "G-LOAD" and "Excessive Sideforce" are but two that
I remember.
 


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