>Do simulators have the same hardware as real planes, or do they have a software model of the airplane? the avionics are usually real, being fed dummy data fro

>Do simulators have the same hardware as real planes, or do they have a software model of the airplane? the avionics are usually real, being fed dummy data from a software model with regards to the plane. Here's a PDF about it.[0] Training simulators are typically convertible, meaning that the flight characteristics are entirely fluid and made by the simulator using physics models and data provided by the airplane manufacturer. This makes it possible to train multiple platforms on a single simulator. I don't know how corporate simulators work. In automotive fields they utilize all OE automotive hardware and the simulator is only in charge of feeding data to the automotive systems. I would hope that it's similar for corporate plane simulators -- a real plane ECM/brain and accompanying systems being fed dummy data. I doubt the corporate simulators are at all convertible -- they're likely brain-in-a-jar simulators; planes without engines or hydraulics, being fed dummy data. [1]: https://www.faa.gov/about/initiatives/nsp/ac/media/AC_120-40B-Ch2.pdf https://www.faa.gov/about/initiatives/nsp/ac/media/AC_120-40...