Technological research challenges of flight simulation and flight instructor assessments of perceived fidelity

This article postulates that perceptual fidelity is not necessarily communicated by exact physics-based simulation. Fidelity ranges widely among simulators; some re-create an environment or system so that it is difficult to distinguish between the simulator and the real system, whereas others re-create a small part of a system or present the whole system in a more compact and stylized fashion. This article aims to explore technological and...