2006-06-30 00:52:09 · 12 answers · asked by not_prfikt 7 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
No airplane has a "steering column" -- it's called a yoke. Virtually all aircraft have a full set of controls at both positions in the cockpit though there is the odd exception, mostly in general aviation aircraft. The pilot in command generally sits in the left seat though that's more by convention than operational requirement. You can pilot the aircraft from either position.
The "rules of the airways" are universal due to the nature of aviation.
2006-06-30 01:10:24 · answer #1 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By steering column I assume you mean control sticks. All aircraft have one or two control sticks. The position of captain or pilot in command is on the left side in fixed wing aircraft, and on the right in helicopters. The co-pilot or first officer would sit on the right in fixed wing aircraft and the left in helicopters.
This format applies world wide in most aircraft, except lifting bodies, some blimps and space craft. Some types of aircraft only have one control stick the can be swung from left to right as required, as in the beaver float plane.
2006-06-30 03:28:02 · answer #2 · answered by tanner 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In larger aircraft, there are controls duplicated on both sides of the airplane, and it can be operated from either side, however, traditionally, the Captain's seat is on the left.
In modern airline crew management, the Captain and First Officer will swap duties on each leg of the flight, with one actually handling the aircraft controls and the other doing the navigation and communication for the flight. Some crews prefer to change seats to fly the aircraft from the left, while others will stay in their own seats for the entire trip.
2006-06-30 03:19:03 · answer #3 · answered by JetDoc 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most aircraft have control yokes on BOTH sides. I have flown aircraft in Britain, and they put the pilot-in-command on the left, same as everywhere else.
2006-06-30 03:25:53 · answer #4 · answered by Berry K 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As everyone else has said, usually both. And, although you didn't ask, aircraft are supposed to fly in the center of airways and jetways, so no "which side of the road" problems, either.
2006-06-30 14:10:14 · answer #5 · answered by None 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in the experience that your uploading to the u . s . a . then you definitely wont ought to get it switched over to left hand rigidity because of the fact there are companies in Cali that gets the vehicle complied to US standards yet they do no longer require left hand rigidity for Skylines. The compliance will contain emissions and secure practices effective properties that must be further so that's registered interior the u . s . a .. nonetheless a Skyline would be costly to purchase interior the u . s . a . like $50k upwards for a GT-R
2016-12-14 03:07:12 · answer #6 · answered by ritacco 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Larger aircraft are dual controlled. While fighter aircraft have one controlling unit.
2006-06-30 02:23:31 · answer #7 · answered by KingCucamonga 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
most aircrafts have dual flight controls; as a standartization, the LH seat has most of view of controls and features (except to helicopters, where the RH seat has more control)
2006-06-30 09:50:23 · answer #8 · answered by RAFAEL S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
most aircraft have two steering yokes, one for pilot and one for copilot.
2006-06-30 07:00:55 · answer #9 · answered by c_c_runner88 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Funny, but they have it on both sides...
2006-06-30 08:01:45 · answer #10 · answered by pilotattitude 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋