e Daniel , no matter what the regs will let you get away with, flying real ifr that is in imc when you cannot see out of the plane to either the ground or the horizon is serious situation. If you disagree, get a CFI or good pilot friend and go up in a fully eqiuiped plane, preferably on a grey day or at night, put on a hood and then cover the att indicator and see how long you can fly safely. And can you do it with turns, climbs, descents and better yet some turbulence. And remember youll also have to navigate in real imc, that is turn radio channels or vors or gps or whatever, not the same as sitting at a console. And you have a basic plane probably without and autopilot and you are a new student at this. Be careful.