Funny, I have been searching the web since I got Red's message, but I can't find a history of why the Yoke.... I thought Peter Garrison wrote about the yoke some years back, and the mechanical advantage for the ailerons was described over a stick. It seems to me 14" yoke would have over 20" of effective travel because of the chain turning on the sprocket, VS a stick's travel between your legs.
:-) The first time I flew a Champ I understood how natural the stick was.. -dave Fred Johnson wrote: >Well here's my two cents worth. When I was a student I kept trying to >"steer" the airplane with the yoke because the old brain to couldn't put >the feet and hand coordination thing together yet. But as soon as I was >put behind the stick of a Pazmany PL2 a friend of mind had, well the >feet and head and hands all came together. It was a much more natural >feeling and I never once tried to steer the airplane with my hands. > >Fred Johnson >Reno, NV > >-----Original Message----- >From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net] On >Behalf Of Red 'Unpublished' >Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 11:29 AM >To: KRnet >Subject: Re: KR> Yokes -vs- Sticks/ brakes > >Not trying to be argumentative...but I was always told that people were >used to a steering wheel in front of them. The yoke was substituted to >make passengers and some pilots more comfortable. > >"Dave Arbogast, CISSP" <k...@arb.net> wrote: We should remember why >yokes were invented in the first place - the >stick is the "original" design because it was simple ( I.E. less weight >and less parts to fail) and easy to use... the yoke was invented out of >necessity because planes got bigger and the mechanical advantage of the >stick had to be increased for the ailerons. We don't have that problem >so why would be want to carry the extra weight and complexity ? > >-dave > >Larry&Sallie Flesner wrote: > > > > >_______________________________________ >Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp >to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net >please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > >
