J-20 5th Gen Fighter Thread VI

[chickenhero3830]

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See this picture here. The J-20 isnt exactly symmetrical. The left side engine intake of the picture is slightly down compare to the right side. and i can just about see the gun opening

 

[Air Force Brat]

See this picture here. The J-20 isnt exactly symmetrical. The left side engine intake of the picture is slightly down compare to the right side. and i can just about see the gun opening

Wishful thinking my friend!, but you're notbthe first

 

[Richard Santos]

The downside is: what if you're left-handed? Does the J-20 pilot recruitment office only select right-handed people then? Honest question. I have no idea how it works.

You are just shit out of luck. Both the throttle and the stick have numerous buttons button and toggle controls on them designed for specific side hands. Fight controls are not ambidextrous.

The throttle quadrant is on the left side. No one is going to rearrange the entire cockpit and move the throttle to the other side, reverse all the finger controls on it, so you can operate the throttle with right hand and stick the left.

 

[yuxiaochen]

There are very, very few people in China who are left handed since they don’t provide the same kind of accommodations for left handed people as they do in the U.S. Left handed kids are typically “corrected” before they leave pre-school.

Hey I'm left handed!

 

[Richard Santos]

There are very, very few people in China who are left handed since they don’t provide the same kind of accommodations for left handed people as they do in the U.S. Left handed kids are typically “corrected” before they leave pre-school.

Tests show naturally left hand people who are brought up to use right hand for activities such as writing tend to suffer in eye hand coordination compared to people who retained their natural handedness.

 

[Air Force Brat]

You are just shit out of luck. Both the throttle and the stick have numerous buttons button and toggle controls on them designed for specific side hands. Fight controls are not ambidextrous.

The throttle quadrant is on the left side. No one is going to rearrange the entire cockpit and move the throttle to the other side, reverse all the finger controls on it, so you can operate the throttle with right hand and stick the left.

Its really a non issue in the flying community, you adapt to whatever control configuration exits, and no doubt much thought is given to engineering controls and switching so that they are ergonomically "fall to hand".

 

[chickenhero3830]

Wishful thinking my friend!, but you're notbthe first

so its only me? but i swear it looks a little asymmetrical

 

[taxiya]

so its only me? but i swear it looks a little asymmetrical

Use photoshop or something similar to measure, take into consideration of the camera and ground being not absolutely level, you will see it is symmetrical.

 

[by78]

Some screen captures from a TV special. Some good looks at the side bays, the HUD, and other features.

 

[by78]