[ARC5] standards

[Robert Rode]

...why do all motorcycles and speedway cars turn left, and speedboats turn
right ?


On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 3:46 AM, Sheldon Daitch <SDAITCH at bbg.gov> wrote:

> Roy,
>
> I wonder if the right PIC convention in helicopters is due to that most
> people are right-handed and the cyclic is generally far more widely used
> than the collective, which generally is between the two pilot seats?
>
> That right had seat PIC would allow the PIC to use the right hand for the
> cyclic for the vast majority of time and the left hand for collective?
>
> Just a thought.
>
> Sheldon
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ARC5 [mailto:arc5-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Roy Morgan
> Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 1:39 AM
> To: Robert Eleazer
> Cc: ARC-5 List; gewhite at crosslink.net
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] standards
>
>
> On May 13, 2014, at 3:06 PM, Robert Eleazer <releazer at earthlink.net>
> wrote:
>
> > Note that with airplanes the PIC always sits on the Left - but that in
> some cases the PIC sits on the right in helicopters.
>
> "PIC" means Pilot in Command.
>
> In the SH-3 helo, the PIC does sit on the right.  There are a few controls
> (such as flood and hover lights) that are only on that side.
>
> Roy
>
>
> Roy Morgan
> RoyMorgan at alum.mit.edu
> K1LKY Since 1958
>
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