Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2002 23:37:30 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from pop3.olsusa.com ([63.150.212.2] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.0b1) with ESMTP id 1254007 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sat, 01 Jun 2002 23:31:24 -0400 Received: from smtp6.mindspring.com ([207.69.200.110]) by pop3.olsusa.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-71866U8000L800S0V35) with ESMTP id com for ; Sat, 1 Jun 2002 23:26:09 -0400 Received: from dialup-65.56.123.45.dial1.dallas1.level3.net ([65.56.123.45] helo=t3g3m5) by smtp6.mindspring.com with smtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 17EM5U-00071i-00 for lancair.list@olsusa.com; Sat, 01 Jun 2002 23:31:24 -0400 X-Original-Message-ID: <00d801c209e6$14ee8820$2d7b3841@t3g3m5> From: "Jeremy F Fisher" X-Original-To: "Lancair List" Subject: Left Throttle, Right Stick X-Original-Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2002 22:32:10 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Paul Davis recently said "Have any other Legacy builders considered dual throttle quadrants so you can sit in the left seat and still have the throttle in you left hand? Or have you considered setting up your plane for solo from the right seat? ". I am building a 360, and I am seriously considering building it with the pilot in the right seat. I have two reasons. First is that I also am unwilling to build it so that I have to fly with my left hand on the stick. It is manageable with a control wheel, but I find it unnatural with a stick. The other is that it seems much more efficient ergonomically. If you rig the airplane with a left throttle quadrant for the left seat, you still have to change hands every time you want to change a frequency, or just about any other cockpit task. The clincher in my case is that Susan is left handed, so she will be happier with the left seat arrangement. With a 360, the decision point is when you install the rudder cables, which is this week! Can anyone see any problem with this arrangement? After all, helicopters have the pilot in the right seat as standard, and I never had a problem when I was flying them. Jerry Fisher