another debate!

[Jaypratt]

Never Ending Debate... left or right hand stick,,,

Another one I here often.

"I am used to flying with my left/ right hand unless it is a steering wheel airplane", insert , Cessna, Beech, MD 80,,,, it is hard to switch hands to fly the rv 8 to the rv7, right hand to Left hand stick.

I say,..... BS........ no big deal, just keep the nose straight. Wake up those feet

[txaviator]

I am one of those people who say that!

When I have 'trouble' landing on Flight Simulator using my left hand on the stick, I get nervous about the real thing. I flew the demo RV-7 at Van's last week in Oregon, and of course I was in the right seat....everything felt as natural as could be.

I suppose I do need to wake up the feet, and as everyone says, I guess I will get used to it pretty quickly once I am over in the left seat!

I can't wait to hear everyone else's responses? (of course, being an experimental, and YOUR plane, you 'could' mount the throttle on the left, as many others have done...)?????

[n816kc]

It doesn't matter unless you start thinking about it. I go back and forth between a Citabria (left hand throttle, right hand stick) and my KIS (left hand stick, right hand throttle) without even noticing. Fly the plane, don't worry about which hand is where.

[ClayR_9A]

I've also been flying flight simulator for years (even before getting my PPL) using my right hand on the stick. I can't fly it with my left hand no matter what.

However, I fly my RV with my left hand on the stick, and it feels natural as can be.
I use my right hand for throttle, radios, writing ATC instructions, changing songs on the ipod, getting a drink out of the bag, etc... all while keeping the left on the stick. I wouldn't want it any other way.

I flew an FA-18 sim (one of the real ones ) a couple months back with left throttle and right on the stick. This also felt just fine and was an easy switch, but I wasn't fiddling with radios or anything either.

--Clay