On Feb 25, 2:34 pm, Dudley Henriques wrote:
wrote:

I actually liked the throttle on the early Bonanza. With a little
practice you learned to palm the outer knob that released the vervier,
then brace your fingers against the panel to use for some opposing force
when advancing it or reducing it. It was that damn throw over yoke that
could give you fits as an instructor checking someone new out in the
airplane. You got used to holding on to the center post of that thing if
you needed to correct a control input rather than trying to use the yoke
itself when it was over on the left side with the student. :-))

--
Dudley Henriques

I'll have to try that technique. Lew Gage describes a similar
technique in his "E Series bonanzas"

I wasn't a fan of the throwover, but it's grown on me.

The design requirement apparently was to keep the right seat passenger
from being banged in the lap. And the interior head space was set so
that a man could sit inside and not have to remove his hat.

The A36 has dual controls, but that big honking yoke bar does making
reaching for things on the left a bit of a challenge!

Dan