Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-27924662-20160817160245/@comment-25122992-20160819122340

@UltimaDude, why do you think that Susanoo flight is granted by the Rinnegan? It's true that we haven't seen Sasuke's pre-Rinnegan PS and thus don't know if it would've differed from the post-Rinnegan PS, but Kakashi already showed us a PS with a regular MS (although seemingly reinforced by the Six Paths Power), and his version had winds too, so winds for flight are a part of Susanoo structure by several users. Since Susanoo is still an MS jutsu which develops through an MS, its wings should be considered an MS developement too.

Anyway, from the Rinnegan or not, the wings are the thing that allow Sasuke's Susanoo to fly, the Rinnegan itself doesn't grant that kind of ability, thus Sasuke can't fly on his own.

Besides, yeah, would be really odd if the IT user himself would've been affected by it.