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Stick for me!

Stick

Both.

Stick, but I have a yoke too. I'm wanting to sell my yoke and pedals though if anyone's interested.

Why use anything but a stick?

Except I've never flown one in real life, only yokes for me there, but I'm pretty sure I would like a stick better.

Dangit, stupid me thought this was about preference in flight sim...

I've flown REAL planes with stick and yoke and I liked the stick a LOT better.

Schtick.

Stick

The strange thing about this is that only heavy multi-engined aircraft used to be fitted with a yoke. Since the introduction of fly-by-wire with sidestick controls it now seems to be back to front.

In RL, I've only flown a stick twice: very briefly in a Cub, and for an hour in a Zlin 242 (woopeee!!). And after using a stick in FS9, it's a bit odd to be back in the air with a yoke (Cessna).
So many aircraft on my "dream list" have yokes, but I think I prefer a stick.
Tried the Wright Flyer mock-up at Oshkosh, and I have to say that wiggling your hips is not the most comfortable way to control bank, although very interesting to watch...

Some of the earliest aircraft had a control wheel to control either the wing warping or rudder. I must look out some of my photos of the Edwardians at Old Warden some time. I think this varied a lot before the conventional joystick & rudder pedals were adopted by most designers. Although other methods have been tried over the years the conventional method became the most popular & is still in use today. Until the 1960s most single-engined aircraft had a joystick & the yoke (or spectacle as it was called in the UK) was used for heavier types. I remember when I first saw a yoke on a light aircraft. This was in the early 1960s when one of the new Cessnas with a nosewheel landed at Shoreham. I also remember the advertising campaign that went with it. Flying made easy - Just like driving a car - Land it by driving onto the runway - or words to that effect. Of course we all thought that this was just another fad that wouldn't last. How wrong we were.

Meanwhile, as I mentioned earlier, most of the heavier types have gone back to the joystick or sidestick. It's a funny old world. Things keep going around in circles.

Stick will always be my favourite, it's best for aerobatics and precision control.

...stick...

...also useful for locating underground water... ...
...(and beating unruly students)...

Paul...a stickler for all things practical... ...!

...stick...

...also useful for locating underground water... ...!

Paul...a stickler for all things practical... ...!

Also useful for playing tricks on young ladies in summer dresses when they're getting into the front cockpit of a Tiger Moth. Most educational for a callow youth of 17 responsible for strapping the aforesaid young ladies in.

Also useful for playing tricks on young ladies in summer dresses when they're getting into the front cockpit of a Tiger Moth. Most educational for a callow youth of 17 responsible for strapping the aforesaid young ladies in.

Brings tears to my eyes, Doug...!

Visions of young ladies in Summer dresses with a Tiger Moth stick between their legs....

Similar to young ladies in Summer dresses with a well polished Cello between their legs...

LOL...!

Paul...my dins is burning while I am concentrating on my thoughts......!

LOL... ...!