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--- glapook@pacbell.net wrote:

> Pilots of fixed wing aircraft have traditionally held the stick with
> the right hand using the left hand for handling the power controls.

True enough for stick-controlled aircraft, but "modern" ones with
control wheels are usually flown with the left hand (leaving the right
one free for power controls/navigation/communications/etc.).

Unless, of course, the pilot is an instructor and flying from the right
seat (and that's probably the rear seat for planes with sticks).

--
GregR


> Pilots of fixed wing aircraft have traditionally held the stick with
> the right hand using the left hand for handling the power controls.
>
> The throttle for most helicopters is a twist grip (like a mororcycle)
> mounted on the colective (which is moved up and down) and so is the
> power control used by a helicopter pilot with hi left hand, same as
> fixed wing. For large sophisticated multi-engine helicopters such as
> Sikorsky S-61 the throttles are mounted on the overhead panel, not on
> the collective.
>
>
> gl
>
>
>
> "Speaking of which, I learned just this weekend why the pilot in a
> helicopter sits in the right-hand seat, even though the pilot's seat
> for
> a conventional aircraft had been on the left for over three decades
> before the development of the helicopter.   It's because Igor
> Sikorsky
> figured that the helicopter pilot would want the stick in his right
> hand
> (as in an aircraft) but he also needed to manipulate the collective
> (the
> control that regulates the main rotor and therefore lift and thrust)
> which is typically located on the centerline of the aircraft.  So
> rather
> than make pilots learn how to fly "left-handed," he moved them to the
> right seat. "
>
> On May 27, 11:48 pm, Lu Abel  wrote:
> > Greg R. wrote:
> > > Which reminded me of something that I've been meaning to ask -
> I've
> > > noticed that in marine navigation textbooks DR lines are usually
> > > labeled as being a "course" (i.e. TC 210, MC 150) - either true
> or
> > > magnetic,  depending on personal preference.
> >
> > > But isn't what we're really plotting a heading? I think of a
> "course"
> > > as being the path that a vessel tracks over the ground (or over
> the
> > > bottom), and heading as the direction a vessel is pointed or
> steered in
> > > order to produce that course.
> >
> > I suspect it's tradition more than anything else -- "course" is the
> > maritime term just as "heading" is the aircraft term.   Maybe the
> latter
> > is better - it certainly gives the impression "this is the way the
> > airplane is pointing" (eg, on crosswind landings).  COG (course
> over
> > ground) is again the maritime term for what an aircraft pilot would
> call
> > "course"
> >
> > But then we could also ask why the person who drives an aircraft is
> the
> > "pilot" which is the term for someone who navigates a ship in
> coastal
> > waters ;-)
> >
> > Speaking of which, I learned just this weekend why the pilot in a
> > helicopter sits in the right-hand seat, even though the pilot's
> seat for
> > a conventional aircraft had been on the left for over three decades
> > before the development of the helicopter.   It's because Igor
> Sikorsky
> > figured that the helicopter pilot would want the stick in his right
> hand
> > (as in an aircraft) but he also needed to manipulate the collective
> (the
> > control that regulates the main rotor and therefore lift and
> thrust)
> > which is typically located on the centerline of the aircraft.  So
> rather
> > than make pilots learn how to fly "left-handed," he moved them to
> the
> > right seat.
> >
> > Lu Abel
> >
>


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