I would have asked Infinity, but it's clear on his site he's busy, so I'll ask the experts here. We are looking into the option of having a co-pilote disconnect. Our options are;
(1)ability to disconnect the stick grip functions to co-pilot.
(2) ability to switch from both, to pilot only , to co-pilot only.
(3) no disconnect at all
We are a build group of four building an RV-10. My personal preference is # 1 as I do not like having an extra possible failure mod on the pilots control (broken switch).
A partner choses #2 as he says if the co-pilot has control and the pilot is looking up information on a map etc, he could inadvertantly hit the functions like trim and cause a situation. My take on this is for the flight crew to take precautions. But no precaution can forsee a switch failure and with such all stick functions could ber lost on both sticks.
I also do not like #3 as with none pilots this could be a problem.
What is the consensus?
Thanks Ron
(1)ability to disconnect the stick grip functions to co-pilot.
(2) ability to switch from both, to pilot only , to co-pilot only.
(3) no disconnect at all
We are a build group of four building an RV-10. My personal preference is # 1 as I do not like having an extra possible failure mod on the pilots control (broken switch).
A partner choses #2 as he says if the co-pilot has control and the pilot is looking up information on a map etc, he could inadvertantly hit the functions like trim and cause a situation. My take on this is for the flight crew to take precautions. But no precaution can forsee a switch failure and with such all stick functions could ber lost on both sticks.
I also do not like #3 as with none pilots this could be a problem.
What is the consensus?
Thanks Ron