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Old 5th Apr 2016, 03:04
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coochief
 
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Corey I think it would be awesome to get to fly from left seat and have all the goodies on that side also. Without having the mass of the other stick flopping around in the vacant pass. seat. The only little thing I can see is when I'm spraying I like to be able to look down and back at the load guy and make sure he is done fueling and that no hoses are still connected to me before takeoff which is easily done from the right seat. But I can load from either side on my tank other than the fuel has to be on the right. Outside of that I can only see benefits regardless what the helo is being used for. When I'm hunting coyotes most of the shooters are right handed so I have to crab a little to give them a better shot at times but if they were on the right side it would be more convienient. Also, most normal shotguns eject from the right side therefore the semi-autos will spit the casing back in the cab which I don't allow. Therefore have and auto on the right seat with a right hander will spit them outside and away from tail rotor also. Win, Win, Win, How soon can you have this done, let me be a test dummy for you... The paravion deal is just an expensive way to move the compass over, what a waste, if I want to fly left seat I will just crawl over their. Utility guys don't need no stinkin' compass...
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