Original Posted By: robert hensarling
Subject: Pietenpol-List: Gee, where do my hands go?>As a student pilot, I am learning to fly left seat in a 152. Left>hand yoke, right hand throttle. If I place the throttle on the right in>my Piet, does that mean others that have placed it on the left of their>cockpit will have a hard time flying it? I am left handed also, so this>feels quite comfortable to me.>>________________________________________________________________________________
Pietenpol-List: Gee, where do my hands go?
Pietenpol-List: Gee, where do my hands go?
Original Posted By: bowdler(at)juno.com
As a student pilot, I am learning to fly left seat in a 152. Lefthand yoke, right hand throttle. If I place the throttle on the right inmy Piet, does that mean others that have placed it on the left of theircockpit will have a hard time flying it? I am left handed also, so thisfeels quite comfortable to me.________________________________________________________________________________
As a student pilot, I am learning to fly left seat in a 152. Lefthand yoke, right hand throttle. If I place the throttle on the right inmy Piet, does that mean others that have placed it on the left of theircockpit will have a hard time flying it? I am left handed also, so thisfeels quite comfortable to me.________________________________________________________________________________
Pietenpol-List: Re: Gee, where do my hands go?
Original Posted By: robert hensarling
Danny, The convention is right hand stick left hand throttle. I wasconcerned about the same thing. In my Warrior I use my left hand for theyoke, right hand for throttle, mixture, radios etc. A friend told medon't worry it will take you a few seconds to get used to it. Had tomake a go around after a bad bounce during taildragger transitiontraining in a J3. He was right, no problem. Disclaimer: It's your airplane, put the throttle where you want it. Have fun!Tom__________________________________________________________________________________________
Danny, The convention is right hand stick left hand throttle. I wasconcerned about the same thing. In my Warrior I use my left hand for theyoke, right hand for throttle, mixture, radios etc. A friend told medon't worry it will take you a few seconds to get used to it. Had tomake a go around after a bad bounce during taildragger transitiontraining in a J3. He was right, no problem. Disclaimer: It's your airplane, put the throttle where you want it. Have fun!Tom__________________________________________________________________________________________
Pietenpol-List: Re: Gee, where do my hands go?
Original Posted By: dannymac
Danny, I can appreciate your plight for dexterity alignment (fancy term for"duh-righthand or lefthand"). 3 things come to mind: 1. Once upon a time(except this is a true story) I owned a VW with rightside steering wheelwhich put the gearshift on my left. 2 missed shifts and I was on my way, noproblem. 2. Last summer I lost the ends of 2 fingers on my righthand, and Iwas very right-handed. I was forced to transition to my lefthand. As aresult I use the mouse as a lefty and penmanship stayed on the starboardside. The point is that we're all a lot more ambidextrous than we giveourselves credit. 3. And, as no doubt you've experienced, it's aright-handed world so here's your chance to customize a little piece ofparadise. Brass it, 'glass it, and gas it your way! I too am a lowtimestudent pilot and an aspiring Piet builder.-----Original Message-----
Danny, I can appreciate your plight for dexterity alignment (fancy term for"duh-righthand or lefthand"). 3 things come to mind: 1. Once upon a time(except this is a true story) I owned a VW with rightside steering wheelwhich put the gearshift on my left. 2 missed shifts and I was on my way, noproblem. 2. Last summer I lost the ends of 2 fingers on my righthand, and Iwas very right-handed. I was forced to transition to my lefthand. As aresult I use the mouse as a lefty and penmanship stayed on the starboardside. The point is that we're all a lot more ambidextrous than we giveourselves credit. 3. And, as no doubt you've experienced, it's aright-handed world so here's your chance to customize a little piece ofparadise. Brass it, 'glass it, and gas it your way! I too am a lowtimestudent pilot and an aspiring Piet builder.-----Original Message-----
Pietenpol-List: Re: Gee, where do my hands go?
Original Posted By: Michael D Cuy
1. Don't worry about it. You don't let others fly your plane.2. Even if you did, the trottle is not moved much in flight: a. set trottleto idle, start engine. b. taxi. c. take off--full trottle. d. cruise. e.set to 1500 rpm, glide. f. set back to idle, land. g. taxi back. Check outanyone who would fly your plane.3. Get some right seat time and learn to fly with both hands.dannymac wrote:> As a student pilot, I am learning to fly left seat in a 152. Left> hand yoke, right hand throttle. If I place the throttle on the right in> my Piet, does that mean others that have placed it on the left of their> cockpit will have a hard time flying it? I am left handed also, so this> feels quite comfortable to me.>________________________________________________________________________________
1. Don't worry about it. You don't let others fly your plane.2. Even if you did, the trottle is not moved much in flight: a. set trottleto idle, start engine. b. taxi. c. take off--full trottle. d. cruise. e.set to 1500 rpm, glide. f. set back to idle, land. g. taxi back. Check outanyone who would fly your plane.3. Get some right seat time and learn to fly with both hands.dannymac wrote:> As a student pilot, I am learning to fly left seat in a 152. Left> hand yoke, right hand throttle. If I place the throttle on the right in> my Piet, does that mean others that have placed it on the left of their> cockpit will have a hard time flying it? I am left handed also, so this> feels quite comfortable to me.>________________________________________________________________________________
Pietenpol-List: Re: Gee, where do my hands go?
Original Posted By: Ken Beanlands
Danny,I am left handed also. I have flown Cessnas for years from the left seat.I started flying a Piet several years ago and had no problem changing hands. After a year of being able to fly a stick with my right hand and a yoke withmy left hand I got worried. I was actively looking for a Luscombe. You flyit from the left seat like your 152, except it has a stick. I was afraidthat trying to fly with a stick in my left hand would break the "system" Ihad worked out with my hands. So, I started flying the Piet with the stickin my left hand and controling the power with my right hand (yep, byreaching across my body to the left). Talk about "cross controled".Anyway, it took about 30 minutes and I was greasing the landings. Like Tomsaid, you will adapt very easily. A bonus is that if someone in a Stearmanasks if you want to go for a flight you will be very comfortable with theright hand stick setup. I think all tandem aircraft control power on the left.Good luck, Ted>As a student pilot, I am learning to fly left seat in a 152. Left>hand yoke, right hand throttle. If I place the throttle on the right in>my Piet, does that mean others that have placed it on the left of their>cockpit will have a hard time flying it? I am left handed also, so this>feels quite comfortable to me.>>________________________________________________________________________________
Danny,I am left handed also. I have flown Cessnas for years from the left seat.I started flying a Piet several years ago and had no problem changing hands. After a year of being able to fly a stick with my right hand and a yoke withmy left hand I got worried. I was actively looking for a Luscombe. You flyit from the left seat like your 152, except it has a stick. I was afraidthat trying to fly with a stick in my left hand would break the "system" Ihad worked out with my hands. So, I started flying the Piet with the stickin my left hand and controling the power with my right hand (yep, byreaching across my body to the left). Talk about "cross controled".Anyway, it took about 30 minutes and I was greasing the landings. Like Tomsaid, you will adapt very easily. A bonus is that if someone in a Stearmanasks if you want to go for a flight you will be very comfortable with theright hand stick setup. I think all tandem aircraft control power on the left.Good luck, Ted>As a student pilot, I am learning to fly left seat in a 152. Left>hand yoke, right hand throttle. If I place the throttle on the right in>my Piet, does that mean others that have placed it on the left of their>cockpit will have a hard time flying it? I am left handed also, so this>feels quite comfortable to me.>>________________________________________________________________________________