John Giddy wrote:
On 27 Feb 2005 18:51:37 -0800, wrote:

...

It seemed to me that if there was enough mechanical advantage in
a joystick, no one would ever have bothered to design with a
full-length control stick. The latter takes up more space and
weighs more.

...
experience in the gliding movement, "joystick" means any control
which
operates the control surfaces, and doesn't have a rotary wheel or
"yoke". The length of a joystick can be anything from about 9 inches
to a couple of feet, depending on the glider ...


Yes, I think of a joystick as short,in contrast to a normal control
stick. The idea of flying with a yoke or wheel was simply so
abhorrent that I hadn't considered it...

Refernces to joysticks being on the side of the cockpit also led
me to think they were short as otherwise there would be insufficient
travel to one side.

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FF