What kind of yoke?
 

What kind of yoke you guys like? Do you like the standard ones like (cessna, boeing), or center stick (eclipse DA-20), or the side stick like in Airbuses, and cirrus aircraft? I like the center stick. I thought it was going to be hard flying like that when transitioning from cessnas, but I like it. More easier to "control".

I like whichever yoke puts food on the table and keeps me employed. ;)

Only around forty minutes for that one to come up :rolleyes:

I hate the ERJs. Ram horns get in the way. I don't see why they couldn't just stick with the tried and true method.

I don't know how true it is but I heard that either British Airways or BAE did an ergonomics study and found that the horns were the most ergonomic. Personally, when straight and level I'd agree but in a cross-wind I think they are the worst.

Sticks and Yokes
 

90% of my flight time is with sticks, most of it center-stick. To me, a stick is a far more natural way to shepherd an airplane around. Wheels are for cars.

In the A-320, I loved the side-stick. Mind you, my center-stick time was in airplanes that I could not stand up in, nor did I have crew meals. I have a few rides in the F-16, which is side-stick, but I like the Bus' stick better, because it actually moves--the F-16 is just pressure-sensitive (it moves about a quarter of an inch, barely enough to tell).

The Bus stick is natural, and without the yoke and column in the way, allows for the Jepps/food table--which is awesome. Anyone who has flown Boeings with your food balanced on your lap, only to spill coffee/dessert/gravy on your crotch..you know what I mean!! And you never have to look around the wheel to read something on the panel.

My biggest dissapointment in the 787 "Dreamliner:" it has a damn wheel. The 777 was supposed to have a stick, but United was the launch customer. The UAL pilots involved in the cockpit layout supposedly said "No damn United airplane will ever have a stick!!"

A few months later, they ordered the Airbus as well. By then, Boeing had frozen the 777 design. Crap.

I like the center stick in the C-17. I thought it would be wierd flying a huge airplane with a sitck and HUD but it is awesome.

I stick with egg whites only.

i like the center stick. just me, ill fly anything

I just push the button labeled "AP" and don't care. :D

No, I'm used the standard wheel yoke. Didn't like the ram horns. Do like the stick. I fly Boeing, so I have no choice.