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From: "Dennis Johnson" <pinetownd@volcano.net>
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Subject: RE [LML] Lancair 360 throttle + mixture
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Hi Berni,

Congratulations on your purchase of a Lancair 360.  I'm sure you'll have 
many happy hours flying it.  Regarding the left hand throttle, I put one on 
my Legacy because I learned to fly with my right hand on the stick and left 
hand on the throttle and that felt more natural to me.  If the other way is 
more natural to you, then by all means change it.  That's one of the 
benefits of Amateur Built Experimental; you can change things, so long as 
you can find an A&P who will sign it off for the (annual) condition 
inspection.

However, except for safety of flight issues, which must be resolved 
immediately, I'd suggest not making any changes until you've flown it for a 
hundred hours or so.  Your airplane is a complicated collection of 
interrelated parts and systems and what seem like minor changes can have 
unexpected consequences in other systems.

You might want to study the 360 assembly manual, which will help you 
understand the nuts and bolts (literally!) that make up your airplane. 
Compare the plans with your own airplane and note the differences.  If you 
don't have a complete wiring diagram, start making one, a circuit at a time.

Dennis
Legacy, 450 hours