diff --git a/game/reconstructed/mechmppr.cpp b/game/reconstructed/mechmppr.cpp
index 3b82771..0ce5acc 100644
--- a/game/reconstructed/mechmppr.cpp
+++ b/game/reconstructed/mechmppr.cpp
@@ -600,7 +600,13 @@ void
 		{
 			float key_throttle = gBTDrive.forced
 				? gBTDrive.forcedThrottle : gBTDrive.throttle;
-			float key_turn = gBTDrive.forced ? 0.0f : gBTDrive.turn;
+			// PORT SIGN (user live-verified 2026-07-18: left arrow turned the
+			// mech RIGHT): the sim's positive turnDemand is CCW (LEFT) -- math
+			// convention, same as the torso twist.  On the pod the RIO Ranger
+			// owned the hardware sign; the desktop bridge must negate so that
+			// input-right (positive) = turn RIGHT.  Forced/BT_GOTO harness
+			// demands are sim-frame already and stay un-negated.
+			float key_turn = gBTDrive.forced ? 0.0f : -gBTDrive.turn;
 			// Headless harness (forced mode only): BT_FORCE_TURN holds a steering
 			// demand; BT_FORCE_SECONDS releases the forced throttle after n
 			// sim-seconds while KEEPING the turn (the turn-in-place repro).
@@ -734,7 +740,14 @@ void
 				}
 				else
 				{
-					stickPosition.x = gBTTwistAxis;		// the torso axis
+					// PORT SIGN: positive twist is CCW (left) like the turn;
+					// negate so stick/E-key right = torso right (manual p8:
+					// "pulling your joystick to the right torso twists your
+					// 'Mech to the right").  The earlier "MadCat twist was
+					// correct" call was based on the same misread screenshot
+					// forensics as the turn -- the user's live left-arrow
+					// test invalidated both.
+					stickPosition.x = -gBTTwistAxis;	// the torso axis
 					pedalsPosition  = key_turn;			// A/D = the pedals
 					// 'X' recenter pulse (2026-07-13): one-frame centerCommand
 					// -> the sim arms recenterActive and Recenter (@004b6918)
@@ -867,12 +880,9 @@ void
 		//
 		if (torso == 0 || !torso->GetHorizontalEnabled())	// raw torso+0x250 == 0
 		{
-			// PORT SIGN (field report 2026-07-18, 'left/right reversed' on
-			// FIXED-TORSO mechs): the free-aim slew consumer pans the view
-			// opposite the torso-twist convention (E/right panned LEFT on
-			// the Blackhawk; the MadCat's real twist was CORRECT).  Negate
-			// only this channel so stick-right = aim-right on both.
-			if (cockpit)	cockpit->SetFreeAimSlew(-stick_x);	// raw cockpit+0x28c
+			// (sign handled ONCE at the key bridge: positive sim twist/slew
+			// = CCW/left; the bridge negates so input-right = right)
+			if (cockpit)	cockpit->SetFreeAimSlew(stick_x);	// raw cockpit+0x28c
 		}
 		else
 		{
@@ -907,7 +917,7 @@ void
 		//
 		if (torso == 0 || !torso->GetHorizontalEnabled())
 		{
-			if (cockpit)	cockpit->SetFreeAimSlew(-stick_x);	// PORT SIGN (see Standard)
+			if (cockpit)	cockpit->SetFreeAimSlew(stick_x);	// (sign at the bridge)
 		}
 		else
 		{