[ARC5] standards

[Robert Rode]

..why bother installing flaps on small aircraft when side or forward slips
are so "cool" ?


On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 5:32 AM, Robert Rode <midnitetoaker58 at gmail.com>wrote:

> ...why do all motorcycles and speedway cars turn left, and speedboats turn
> right ?
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> On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 3:46 AM, Sheldon Daitch <SDAITCH at bbg.gov> wrote:
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>> Roy,
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>> 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
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>> On May 13, 2014, at 3:06 PM, Robert Eleazer <releazer at earthlink.net>
>> wrote:
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>> > 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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