"Cecil E. Chapman" wrote in message
.. .
For those of you who have your instrument ticket, how many hours of actual
IMC did you have when you got your ticket.

About four. Due to peripheral cues under the hood, I found basic attitude
control more challenging in IMC. It didn't take long to acclimate, but I
wouldn't have wanted to go through the first few minutes of the adjustment
without an instructor.

I'd suggest getting however much dual IMC time you need to fly comfortably
before trying it on your own. But there's no reason to delay the rating
itself, even if you have no IMC practice.

--Gary