Flying Light Aircraft from RHS

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Purely from a hypothetical point of view, is it legal in the UK to fly a light aircraft from the right hand seat (either solo or with pax) without an instructor's rating?
Can't find anything about this.
Any ideas?
Thanks

[Icarus Wings]

I think that as long as you can reach all of the controls its ok.

[MJR]

You can fly from the left or the right, but not the back unless there are the controls to do so. I would recommend taking a safety pilot/instructor if you wish to try the right seat for the first time as it is a little different.

TTFN

[DB6]

Depends. There are some aircraft that stipulate in the flight manual which seat shall be occupied when flown solo. As a matter of interest the Firefly 260 must be flown solo from the RHS so the answer to your question in that case is yes. The flight manual will reveal all.

[distaff_beancounter]

There are some practical limitations, on some types. eg some Piper Seneca 1s, only had toe-brakes for the left hand seat.

I also seem to recall reading somewhere, sorry can't remember where, that only a pilot holding an instructor's rating (+ IMC/IR of course) can fly in IMC from the RHS, unless the aircraft has a full set of duplicate intruments in front of the RHS.

This seems logical to me, as I assume that instructors have been taught to read the instruments that are on the left hand side, from the RHS while allowing for the parallax.

[poetpilot]

For a privately owned aircraft, you should also ensure that your insurance covers you to do so - irrespective of what the POH says.

I once had a Jodel D112 that only had (heel) brakes on the LHS. would not have liked to fly it solo RHS with no brakes !