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Originally Posted by woofa.express
What had happened was this. Jack was the sole pilot and he had his left foot planted on the left pedal, just where it should be. Pilot sits on the left in all dual controlled aeroplanes. But Jacks right foot was also planted on left pedal of the second pilots controls, who sits on the right .
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Sounds like Jack got more than a little careless. Every pilot I've ever flown with has tatooed inside his eyelids (along with several other things) CONTROLS:
Free and Correct as part of a pre take-off checklist. Jack did not do this. Every good pilot knows that not only do you press on the left rudder, when you do you also feel the right rudder come towards you. If both feet go to the floor then you get "Free" but you don't get "Correct". You also can't steer when taxiing with 2 left feet, and you can't apply differential braking with 2 left feet.
On a related note, in small enough bench seat aircraft, if there's no wing leveler at cruise altitude you can put your left foot on the pilot's rudder, right foot on the co-pilot's right rudder, and shift your weight on the bench seat until the plane is balanced. Much easier on long cross country flights.