Simviation Forum - Airbus Flight Decks

Feb 18^th, 2007 at 2:40am

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I've noticed in a lot of the newer Airbuses, especially the A340 and A380, that they have joysticks instead of yokes. What i'm wondering is, do they have to have right-handed people on the left?

I know it seems like a really odd (almost stupid) question to ask, but in flight sim if I were to fly with my left hand, I wouldn't do quite as well as my right (though I still might do that bad a job with my left).

Can anyone clear this up? I assume it doesn't matter and righties just get used to it.

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Reply #1 - Feb 18^th, 2007 at 3:42am

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You assume right..... er left ... er right Grin

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Reply #2 - Feb 18^th, 2007 at 8:51am

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It's not that difficult. I fly real Cessnas with my left hand on the yoke, but fly FS9 with my right hand on a stick. Hasn't caused real handling problems in either situation, although the sim still seems less realistic to me because everything is "backwards".

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Reply #3 - Feb 18^th, 2007 at 9:59am

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Stick or yoke, Airbus or Cessna, same thing.

Left-seat = Left hand on flight control, right hand on thrust..
Right-seat= Right hand on flight control, left hand on thrust..

The biggest adjustment is which seat you're sitting in; not yoke vs stick..

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Reply #4 - Feb 18^th, 2007 at 10:11am

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Brett_Henderson wrote on Feb 18^th, 2007 at 9:59am:

Stick or yoke, Airbus or Cessna, same thing.

Left-seat = Left hand on flight control, right hand on thrust..
Right-seat= Right hand on flight control, left hand on thrust..

The biggest adjustment is which seat you're sitting in; not yoke vs stick..

Precisely. Whether you're right or left-handed doesn't come into it.

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Left-seat = Left hand on flight control, right hand on thrust..
Right-seat= Right hand on flight control, left hand on thrust..

In many modern light aircraft with a central stick it works the other way round.

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Reply #5 - Feb 18^th, 2007 at 10:18am

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when you learn to fly, your almost certainly always in the left seat so it quickly becomes second nature.
What you have to remember, joysticks for your PC are usually designed and textured to one specific hand so you naturally become used to it. with the exception of those designed for both hands obviously.
With an aircraft yoke its not textured or designed that way. And the airbus sidesticks are simmilar in that the left side is designed for the left hand and right side the right hand. So it all feels natural.

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Reply #6 - Feb 20^th, 2007 at 7:29pm

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The amount of money an Airbus captain is paid, he should be able to fly with ay hand they tell him too.

Really, it's no big deal, even whether it's sticks or yokes...

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Reply #7 - Feb 21^st, 2007 at 9:40am

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No matter what handed you are, you have to suit yourself to the plane.

The FO flies the plane right handed, the pilot left handed.

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Reply #8 - Feb 21^st, 2007 at 10:25am

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It makes no difference in Airbus or Boeing. If you sit in the pilots seat (the left one) on either plane you will fly mainly with your left hand. The biggest difference between the fly-by-wire bus and the old fashiond Boeing is how much FORCE you put into the controls.

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Reply #9 - Feb 21^st, 2007 at 10:36am

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Charlie wrote on Feb 20^th, 2007 at 7:29pm:

The amount of money an Airbus captain is paid, he should be able to fly with any hand they tell him too.

Bearing in mind my companies Air Bus's are Cat IIIb, he should be getting the same money as one of the trolley dollies down the back Grin

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Reply #10 - Feb 21^st, 2007 at 2:54pm

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expat wrote on Feb 21^st, 2007 at 10:36am:

Charlie wrote on Feb 20^th, 2007 at 7:29pm:

The amount of money an Airbus captain is paid, he should be able to fly with any hand they tell him too.

Bearing in mind my companies Air Bus's are Cat IIIb, he should be getting the same money as one of the trolley dollies down the back Grin

Matt

Fine, I'll rephrase that to widebody Airbus captains... Grin

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