why are helicopters flown right hand drive & all other aircraft flown left hand drive?

Answer 1

"Small helicopters can be so unstable that it may be impossible for the pilot to ever let go of the cyclic while in flight. While fixed-wing aircraft are generally designed so pilots sit on the left side of the aircraft, freeing up their right hand for dealing with radios, engine controls, and the like, helicopters are generally designed so pilots sit on the right side of the aircraft so they can keep their right hand (usually the strong hand) on the cyclic at all times, leaving the radios and engine controls for their left hand (usually the weaker hand)."

Answer 2

In the early days of helicopter design, weight was extremely critical, even more than it is now. Designers could save a few pounds by making the linkage from the collective stick to the rotor mast head shorter, simpler and lighter by placing it directly below the rotor assembly. Thus placing it in the center of the cockpit. Since pilots tend to control the “stick” with the right hand in fixed wing aircraft, this left the left hand for the collective. Since the collective was located in the center of the cockpit that meant the pilot sat on the right side. A standard was created that lives on today even though on today’s more powerful helicopters were we can place the pilot any where and disregard the small weight gain.

Answer 3

According to type, helicopters can be flown from the right or left, or in the case of the Hiller UH12 series, from the centre. For example, the Bell 47 is flown from the left, the Aerospatial Squirrel from the right and the Bell 206 JetRanger also from the right.

Answer 4

Probably because other aircraft need less of a response time than helicopters and most people are right handed.

Answer 5

direction of rotation of the main rotor blades is mostly ccw and the dead weight (pilot) on the right side is always there to conteract the aircraft's right side and the tail rotor is usually on the left side.

astars are just wierd but good

slinging from the right in a 204 sucks only see one pilot who could do it with the 17 pound of collective friction

Answer 6

This is not always the case, think of a common couple of airplanes. Airbus makes their airplanes left hand side stick control, while General Dyanamics made the F-16 right hand side stick. So let's face it, F-16's are some of the coolest airplanes ever made, and they are right hand side stick control. So your question is inaccurate.

Answer 7

Because the collective stick is always on the left hand side and traditionally the pilot shouldnt have to climb over it to get in.

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