Sender: <marv@lancaironline.net> (Marvin Kaye)
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Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2002 15:53:48 -0400
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From: "Paul Davis" <pdavis@bmc.com>
Reply-to: "Paul Davis" <pdavis@bmc.com>
Subject: Re: [LML] Re: Left Throttle, Right Stick 
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 03 Jun 2002 21:58:39 EDT."
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>>>>> On Mon, 3 Jun 2002, "Larry" == Larry Henney wrote:

  Larry> Your transition will be subliminal after about 4 hours
  Larry> flyng.  I believe that eyes, brains, and seats O pants fly
  Larry> airplanes.  The particular appendages that make it so are
  Larry> largely irrelevant.

No offense intended, but I disagree.
I think those who say they quickly adapt to flying left-handed are
missing the point.  Yes, you adapt.  But do you ever get as good as
you would be flying with your right hand?  I doubt it.

Let me parrot one of the definitions of the "dominant hand" used by
those who research such things:
    the hand that performs faster or more precisely on manual tests 
    [tasks]

Enroute it probably doesn't matter.  Probably doesn't matter much
even for most landings.  But which hand do you want controlling the
aircraft when things get really "interesting" and when fractions
of a second are critical?  The hand that performs faster and more
precisely, or the other one?  Take your time before answering. :-)

If I can do this cheaply (money *and* time) without adversely 
impacting anything else, I'll likely go with two throttles.
I just don't see a downside to this.

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Paul Davis
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Phone 713-918-1550
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