At 09:58 PM 1/22/2007, you wrote:
>I saw a pic of a KR2 with a yoke (forgot where) and... well, it
>just didn't look natural.
>Ken
I saw a KR at Rough River, Ky., in 1990 and you're right, it didn't
look right. It would complicat
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 t
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" wrote: We should remember why yokes were
invented in the first place - the
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Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 11:29 AM
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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.
&
. It was a much more natural
>feeling and I never once tried to steer the airplane with my hands.
>
>Fred Johnson
>Reno, NV
>
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Lakewood, Colorado
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From: Ken Linder
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 8:58 PM
To: KRnet
Subject: KR> Yokes -vs- Sticks
All,
I have been surfing the web for info on yokes -vs- sticks. I've only trained
in a 172, so yoke only for me, so far. NOW, the stick looks
All,
I have been surfing the web for info on yokes -vs- sticks. I've only trained
in a 172, so yoke only for me, so far. NOW, the stick looks unwieldy to me...
probably because I have never flown one.
Several places on the net, most of the ones I found anyway, contain comments
that sticks a
et] On Behalf
Of Ken Linder
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 10:58 PM
To: KRnet
Subject: KR> Yokes -vs- Sticks
Comments anyone?
TIA
Ken
KC7RAD
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I think you will find the transition to be nearly effortless. Flying
with a stick seems to be a bit more natural or fighterish and
comfortable. You will never want to go back to flying with a yoke again.
Steve Glover
Long-EZ N2121U
(Former KR-2 N902G)
AJO, Ca
From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net]On
Behalf Of Ken Linder
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2007 10:58 PM
To: KRnet
Subject: KR> Yokes -vs- Sticks
All,
I have been surfing the web for info on yokes -vs- sticks. I've only
trained in a 172, so yoke only for me, so far. N
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