Helicopter Read Why
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Helicopter Read Why
Why does Obama dither on more US troops into Afghanistan?
I read an article about the helicopter crashes, and someone commented and said this person's son is in Afghanistan. This person also stated that he said they would drive 5 hours a day from one part of afghanistan to another because there are NOT enough troops.
He is a dithering idiot is why 58 days since His hand picked General requested an increase, he is proving to all that watch that he is incapable of being a Commander In Chief!!
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Right-hand seating of the captain of a helicopter?
Why is the captain of a helicopter seated on the righthand (starboard) side? In a airplane, the captain is seated on the lefthand (port) side. I have read the reasons why it is so on a airplane, but never found out why it's different with helicopters.
Because in a helicopter the Collective (the flight control responsible for changing the angle of attack of the rotors) is situated in the centre console and operated by the pilots left hand allowing his right hand to operate the stick.
I do know left handed pilots who operate a helicopter from the left seat, so they have the collective in their right hand - but generally the captains seat is on the right because more pilots are right handed and favour that side and having the collective (a less sensitive control than the stick) in their left hand.
Most helicopters are not fitted with dual collectives for dual control, thus the right hand seat becomes the seat of choice for a right handed captain.
In an airplane all the flight controls are on the yoke/stick and rudder pedals (a plane does not use the collective axis) and therefore it doesn't matter which hand you favour or on which side of the cockpit you sit. However the left hand seat is favoured by right handed captains again because of the physical position of the throttle levers.
Most pilots prefer to hold the yoke with their left hand while having more feel for advancing and retarding the throttles with their right hand.
So its all about the physical positioning of controls in the vehicle and the 'handedness' of the pilot.
To Lofty:
SAR Helicopters operate off the port side (left)of the carriers because then their view of deck launches and recovery is not obscured either by the island or by parked aircraft. It's nothing to do with the orientation of the controls or the pilot in the helicopter and not the 'reason' for the choice of captains seat in the chopper.
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