Do you fly left or right handed?

I’m right handed but a few years ago I switched to flying with my left hand so I could stay hands on controls while using my mouse in VR.

I’m curious if anyone else has made a similar switch.

Most sticks are right handed, but I modified my tm16000 to a neutral grip. However , it feels awkward to me now to use my right hand.

I use whichever hand isn’t on either the military style throttle on my left or the GA/civil one on my right.

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I just pretend I’m a FO to absolve me of all guilt of flying right handed all the time.

Will never be able to make it to Captain :pilot:

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I am left-handed and it is also convenient for me to control with my left hand. But the joysticks are designed almost for the right hand. I also control the mouse with my right hand.

Lol, having a yoke would probably help me some but I haven’t found one with the mechanical quality of the tm 16000.

The tm 16000 can do both but I hacked it to be neutral.

Depends on the plane. My setup is modular and works with any left seat or single/tandem seat configuration.

For instance, in the Cubs I use a radial-arm throttle quadrant on the left and a center stick.

For the Vision Jet, I use a sidestick on the left and a radial-arm throttle quadrant on the right.

For the Cessna 172, I use a yoke and a vernier-style TPM on the right

For the PA28 and similar, I use the yoke and one radial throttle quadrant on the right.

For the Duke and similar, I use the yoke and two radial arm throttle quadrants on the right

For the F-14 and F-18 and Bronco (military-style aircraft), I use a center stick and a STECS throttle on the left

For the Draco, I use the center stick and the radial-arm throttle quadrant on the right.

For helicopters, I use the center stick and a collective on the left

I’m using a right handed VBK NXT because I mainly fly DCS. I changed my old T16000 grip to be left handed for more “realism” while enjoying GA, but I’m ashamed to admin I haven’t even tested it yet :stuck_out_tongue:

Wow, I’ve not had that level of commitment to the bindings system. But 2024 probably helps you out some. You do all that in VR?

I’ve only ever flown C172 as a student, but I find the stick vs. the real yoke for whatever reason to not be a big deal. I’ve just not found a yoke yet that has good mechanical dampening.

Nope, not VR, but I do use a head tracker.

The two keys are modularity - everything can be swapped in less than a minute (some is just permanently there), and management - I let SPAD.next do that.

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I’m right-handed. I fly with a yoke but with my throttle to my left, even though I fly in the left seat of the aircraft.

I have the throttle on my left purely because my mouse and mouse mat are on my right.

I like the red ready room lighting you have going on there.

What yoke is that? I’ve only ever tried the Turtle Beach one and it had near zero dampening, it just feels like a floppy, low tension spring.

How do you handle needing flight controls and mouse at the same time?

I guess I’m used to it as I have no issues with it. I use the mouse to look around and flick switches etc. There are buttons on my throttle quadrant and yoke that I use to change the more “mechanical” parts of the aircraft (landing gear, trim, flaps for example). And of course the yoke to turn the aircraft and ascend/descend.

With good bindings it probably is rare, and then you also have the autopilot.

That’s a CH Flightsim Yoke that’s so old it was made in the USA. Love it, but I can feel it’s starting to wear, so I did the Virpil Yoke kickstarter and will hopefully see that by summer.

I’ve opted to not pedals. That doesn’t really interest me.

I know pedals are not necessary due to assists or other hardware that can take their place, but I will tell you, there’s a lot of satisfaction in correctly performing slips to landing, which I found much easier (and true to reality) with pedals. May not apply to your preferred style of flying and like I said, you may have a workaround that works for you.

I can quite believe it. :+1:

我是右手飞行,我惯用右手