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12-14-2012, 03:43 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Australia
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Originally Posted by Kyle Boatright
The -6 is a reasonably good 2 person plus bags cross country aircraft. IMO, the big compromise is the right hand throttle. That's just wrong in a stick flown aircraft. ;-)
The -4 is more of a pilot's aircraft with centerline seating, but cabin space is limited, particularly for the passenger. Also, the baggage space is small and is far enough aft that if you have a passenger of any size, the baggage is very limited. If you carry a passenger, fuel can be limited because of the gross weight limitation. The thing I always notice when I sit in a friend's -4 is how close the instrument panel is.
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Having flown centre line seating piston, turboprop and jet as well as side by side seating with centre throttle in both piston and jet, I can say that it really does not matter which hand does the stick and which does the throttle. Does it feel weird driving a stick shift car with the wheel in the left hand and gear stick in the right?
If it really bothers you to hold the stick in the left hand in a side by side aircraft, simply fly from the right hand seat!
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Chris
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12-14-2012, 05:42 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Sonoma County
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I did right hand throttle for 33 years. Last summer I got checked out in a Cub. There was never a hint of a problem.......... but, I was quite distracted by all of the other quirks of the cub to complain about......... like leg room, and heal brakes etc etc.
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12-14-2012, 06:16 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Bay Pines, FL (based @ KCLW)
Posts: 1,955
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Originally Posted by pierre smith
Britt, no one has yet addressed the passenger issue. My wife has flown in the back of a -4 with me and also in another friend's -8.
Her take? "I'm NOT going to sit in that hole back there."
If you have a S.O. , she needs to be happy on trips back there. My wife loved our -6 and was also the one who suggested getting a -10
Be sure they're happy, or it will be a tough row to hoe. As a Southerner, you must have heard the wise old sage, "If Mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy"
Best,
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I have to agree with Pierre. If your going to do any xc with your SO, she won't be happy in the back of a 4. I'm 5'11 & have flown in the back, you can't see a thing.
My wife would never want to fly on any xc if she's going to sit in the back.
She wants to be involved.
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12-14-2012, 06:35 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Vancouver, WA USA
Posts: 908
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Originally Posted by DanLandry
she won't be happy in the back of a 4. I'm 5'11 & have flown in the back, you can't see a thing.
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Speak for you wife only, mine loves our RV-4 and enjoys riding back there just fine, 5'3" 118lbs and not interested in flying the plane. However I have friends that are 6'+ & 200+lbs who also like the ride and the view from the back of the -4 even on long trips. YMMV you just have to check it out for yourself and for your wife's self. I have rode in the back too and I have to disagree, the view is good in my opinion.
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12-14-2012, 06:54 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Bay Pines, FL (based @ KCLW)
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Originally Posted by Russ McCutcheon
Speak for you wife only, mine loves our RV-4 and enjoys riding back there just fine, 5'3" 118lbs and not interested in flying the plane. However I have friends that are 6'+ & 200+lbs who also like the ride and the view from the back of the -4 even on long trips. YMMV you just have to check it out for yourself and for your wife's self. I have rode in the back too and I have to disagree, the view is good in my opinion.
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You're correct. YMMV.
You really should try out both models and decide for yourself.
My wife happens to like being involved in the flight & it's more enjoyable for us to be side by side.
Personally, I probably would prefer the centerline flight of a 4 or 8.
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12-15-2012, 05:41 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Louisville, Ga
Posts: 7,840
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DanLandry
..........My wife would never want to fly on any xc if she's going to sit in the back.
She wants to be involved.
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Mine like to be "involved" by sometimes holding my hand, a peck on the cheek...and...oh well
As far as left hand/right hand throttle, I often do both in a single day, like yesterday when I flew my left throttle Air Tractor, then later did a short hop in my "right hand throttle" -10.
I learned to drive in Rhodesia with right hand drive/left hand shift. My buddy from South Africa was just here and drove from Savannah to Americus Georgia in just the opposite driving style from over there...adapted "on-the-fly."
Ozzies visit here often and just do it
It's really no big deal guys.
Best,
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12-15-2012, 07:19 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Atlanta
Posts: 878
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Kyle Boatright
The -6 is a reasonably good 2 person plus bags cross country aircraft. IMO, the big compromise is the right hand throttle. That's just wrong in a stick flown aircraft. ;-)
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so fly it from the right seat 
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