On Tue, 20 Apr 2004 19:59:13 -0700, "Tom Sixkiller"
wrote:


"Dan Luke" wrote in message
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"FUji" wrote:
I find the side stick gives you a very detached and
somewhat helpless feeling. Like enjoying the ride
is more important than the actual flying.

I know exactly what you mean. I flew a Lancair Super ES and absolutely
hated it. It felt like sitting in a Barcalounger playing Nintendo.

Maybe it's just prejudice from habituation, but as far as I'm concerned,
side sticks suck. Perhaps I'd feel differently if I got to try one in
an F-16!

At least in an F-16, the control stick (IIUC) is in the RIGHT hand, which is

As I recall the F-16 has a "joy stick" like the joystick for a game
controller. Those work fine. I flew a Cozy with one and liked it.
I do not like the so called side stick which pushes and pulls like a
yoke. They feel un-natural and clumsy to me.

the one with dexterity (for a northpaw). Yes, with a regular yoke you use
the left hand with right hand for the throttle, but then you're using the
entire arm. (Try putting golf balls with just hands...it doesn't
work...that's why you use still hands and control with the larger arm

You don't have that problem with the pivoted joystick. OTOH, I think
I'd have a devil of a time using a left mounted joystick.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
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