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Originally Posted by cdmiller
... I agree with the other post about putting avionics that require tuning, etc. on the left side so that you can do them with your left hand, while keeping the right hand on the stick.
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Early on in my panel design, I had my radio stack (radio, transponder, GPS-nav) on the right. Several people suggested moving it to the left, based on this logic, and I did. I am a more dominantly right-handed stick than most (to the point that I would fly an RV-7 from the right seat!) so this seemed like solid logic.
BUT in practice, I find myself, more often than not, switching to left hand stick and reaching across to the left side with my right hand to tune the radio, set a txpr code, or select a feature on the GPS. It's a matter of fine motor dexterity. The buttons are small, and they are moving around in turbulence. Even though I am not as smooth flying with left-hand stick, my left hand is better on the stick than it is trying to push small buttons.
In hind sight, I wish I had kept the radio stack on the right.