What kind of yoke?
04-03-2008, 07:41 AM
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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".
04-03-2008, 08:49 AM
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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.
04-03-2008, 10:27 AM
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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.
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.
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