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Old 5th June 2010 | 16:29
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Whopity
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I used to fly with a one legged pilot who applied full rudder trim in the direction of the missing leg and neutralised the rudder with the one leg he had. I tested a disabled pilot who had one leg much stronger than the other and recommended she try a similar technique.

I know a one legged flying instructor, and have conducted a PPL test on a paraplegic who had no feel from the chest down; he used a removable manual rudder control attached to the right hand seat rudder pedal.

British Aerospace Flying Club at Filton do a lot of work with disabled pilots, if you need any advice. Talk to their CFI.
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