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Old 02-28-2006, 04:48 PM
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I have a buddy who flys helos in the Marines (CH-46). Initially he wanted to fly with the right hand in fixed wing too, but has since found flying from the left with the left hand just as easy.
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Old 02-28-2006, 09:46 PM
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Attack guy,

I too have lots of helicopter time. After doing night search and rescue in the mountains I thought flying "left" handed would be tough. After the Transition Training and about 3 additional hours I found it was a non issue. You will too. Bottom line, built it how you want.
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Old 03-01-2006, 09:49 AM
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My 6A is set up for PIC to fly from the right. Stick in right hand, throttle in left like a military fighter. I have no regrets and any pilot/passengers feel right at home because they get to fly left seat. It's really just a matter of installing the flight instruments on the other side of the panel.
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Old 12-11-2010, 12:01 PM
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Cool Throttle on left, RV7

Well, I'm helping a friend with his RV7, and he wants a throttle only on the left, and a quardent in the center. I've seen that configeration somewhere, but I'm having trouble finding it. Has anyone else seen that?
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Old 12-11-2010, 01:56 PM
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I go from my RV4 to my RV7 and back with no second thought. I also thought it would be difficult however it wasn't.
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Old 12-16-2010, 02:55 PM
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I fly airbus. Nobody I know has an issue with left hand stick and right hand thrust. Lots of decisions to make in the build process, but I don't think this is one of them. BTW I have flown 1&2 engine piston, 1&2 engine turboprop, 1,2,3&4 engine jet all of them from all available control seats (left, right, front, back). As much as I thought swapping hands would be a problem before the first time I did it, it never was an issue. If, for some odd reason, flying with stick left handed is a problem, just fly from the right seat. Not a problem for helo drivers or the first officers of commercial jets who do it every day

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