Originally Posted by
Gaseous
If you fly an enstrom you will spend quite a bit of time with left hand on cyclic as it is flown from the left seat. All the radio, altimeter etc need to be operated with the right one. If you want to operate the collective between the seats its there to use unless you want to use the middle seat. I find no problem flying it either way.
Don't go there! A number of experienced instructors have crashed while trying to fly 'wrong handed' (including a certain ex Shackleton pilot in a confined area!).