"Jose" wrote in message t...
Even when you are real proficient at partial panel for some reason you
end up hading a difficult time ignoring that AI laying over on it's
side and your sense of balance gets attuned to the darn thing.

That's what I've been told, and it may be different in a real airplane.
However, I was quite surprised that in the sim, I did not get any of
that. I found it trivial to ignore it. However, I did find myself
steering to the dead DG. What are other pilot's experiences with a
visible failed AI in a (non-motion) sim, and in a real airplane?

Jose

Some years ago, the AI in my Flight Director began to roll over
as I was being vectored to an ILS approach into Salt Lake City.
I thought I could ignore it by using the copilot's AI instead. Wrong!
That was very difficult to do, and if I hadn't broken out of clouds
about halfway down the ILS course, I'd probably have gone missed.
It's much better to cover the failed display if you plan to disregard it.