A newcomers questions

[DesertFox4]

Ben. First off, welcome aboard. Glad you discovered the most exciting aircraft available.



Second. The double throttle has been done. Ends up, in my opinion, being a complicated solution to a non-problem. Also location of a 2nd throttle makes ingress and egress from the cockpit a little more difficult as they will stick out into the door opening some no matter which side it is located.


As far as the building part, you've already cleared the hardest hurdle in the entire build process. You got the go ahead from the wife. The rest is completely doable. Enjoy the forums. Lots of skilled people here to help you if you need.

[colospace]

I guess I have been remiss in not posting a picture with the wings installed, but there are some of the wings and fuselage separately under Turtle Build. There are several of us on this forum who have used or are using Oratex.

[rosslr]

HI Benjam,

Good to see another project being started down under!

You will enjoy it and don't be too daunted by the task or the skills needed - the manual is great, the kit is very good and the help from the factory and on this site is amazing!

As for your interest in the right hand option, I suggest you look up Ben's build ( from Sale in Victoria. he is doing that and a very good good of it too! he will be more than happy to chat about it and I am sure he will share his design with you if you are still wanting that option - that's the beauty of being 'Experimental'! You can do what you like! (within reason!)

You'll find Ben's build blog on this site as follows:
mcgaero
Aus S7 Kitfox

Good luck with it and let me know if I can help in any way.

cheers

ross

[Tom Waid]

Welcome to the forum.

Before you tackle the complexity of a double throttle you may want to get some dual time in a tandem seat airplane such as a Cub. You may discover, as I have, that having the throttle on the left is not a problem. It's something that you immediately adapt to.

[jrthomas]

On the subject of flying with left hand on stick and throttle on right, it's not a problem to relearn. I had flown for years with a Cub-like setup, center stick and throttle on the left. The 1st time I flew my buddy's Model 2 from the left seat, it felt very strange. Maybe it's muscle memory or something but my left hand didn't want to cooperate. I felt at first, like you, that it was going to be a problem. I was in the process of building my Model 4 and considered moving the throttle. The second time I flew the Model 2 everything fell into place. I never gave it a second thought. I think it's just a matter of relearning. I'm still amazed at how quickly I was able to adapt. I bet you'll do the same. James Thomas

[ken nougaret]

Consider all the yoke style aircraft (152,172,etc) out there. You fly those with your right hand on throttle and left on the yoke.

[Jaster]

Welcome benjam.

As I'm sure you've noticed, the folks on here are friendly and the info always helpful. I've spent the last week or two on here dreaming about ... err ... "researching" my new savings goal. Always nice to see another Aussie on here too. Kitfox might need to open an Australian distributor at this rate

Sounds like you're possibly closer to this goal than I am, so I look forward to watching another "local" build take place.


Cheers,
J.