Mailing List lml@lancaironline.net Message #13689
From: Jeremy F Fisher <exhibs@mindspring.com>
Sender: Marvin Kaye <marv@lancaironline.net>
Subject: Left Throttle, Right Stick
Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2002 23:37:30 -0400
To: <lml>
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

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