If I designed boats I would put the driver side on the left and that would differentiate my product and make it sell!

 

there is a horizontal stick on the left side that controls rotor speed (using a twist of the wrist) and blade angle (moving the stick up and down). I think the pilot is on the right so he doesnt have to jump over the stick.

 

Don't know, but mines in the center

 

Found this online to help explain what I meant:

"When in forward the prop turns clockwise and makes the boat motor want to take the boat to the right. I mean twist the boat so that the right side wants to twist to the water. The boat's natural reaction is to want to get back to straight or even in the water so it will try to twist back to the left. This back and forth action in faster boats is called chine walk. With a person setting on the right side the boat will not want to bounce back to the left as easy"

Or maybe i was lied to as a kid...

 

WTF?


The pilot is on the right on a helicopter because the collective (the stick that controls up/down, is not needed as often in flight as the cyclic... therefore, the pilot can use his left hand to reach around the ****pit (flightdeck for this forum) and flip whatever switches he needs to.

 

The pilot is on the left on a airplane because of the throttle (the **** that controls airspeed and pitch) is not needed as often in flight as the yoke... therefore, the pilot can use his right hand to reach around the ****pit (flightdeck for this forum) and flip whatever switches he needs to.

Rules apply to planes as well but makes no sense.

 

Naw i think u were lied to as a kid haha jkk, then how do we have center controls?

 

Trawling for bait?

 

While there is some truth in that statement - the part about torque reaction - not all of it is true. MOST props on single engine recreational boats are right hand rotation, but left hand rotatation is available and used on some boats - notably twin engine boats. One drive is generally counter rotated. Some single engine boats - 27' Fountains for instance - come with left hand rotation.

As for the "chine walk" part, that is incorrect for the most part. Having driven (and raced) single engine deep vee hull boats for longer than I care to remember, where the driver sits has little to do with lessening this potentially nasty effect.

Another reason most boats come with right hand drive is that the majority of the population is right handed. Putting the shifter / throttle where it is most easily accessed for this group puts it on the right (starboard) side of the boat.

 

Bigman look what you started

 

Any one evr been in a jon boat race, talk about chine walk. It had 50horse and cavitation plates. still could do a pioret in about 1/2 second. Just no boat in the water. Those were the days.

 

ahh, I feel better knowing my childhood wasn't a complete lie.
Thanks for the info

 

Hate to burst your bubble, but that's already been done before. Many times.

 

I'm just rying to steal a little more of your boating thread thunder Pmason

 

maybe it's the same for helicopters