Once you fly with a stick you will never want a yoke again. It is very easy and natural and I don't think anyone that has flown with just a yoke would have any problems at all the first time they fly with a stick. I have had several planes where the stick was in my left hand and several where it was in my right hand. Even going from one hand to the other is very easy with no thought involved.
Wheels were mostly first put on planes in the early 50s to make them more like cars and attract new pilots. It was a backwards step. I have owned a 1949 Piper Clipper with a stick, a 1950 Pacer with a yoke, and a 1959 Tri Pacer with a yoke and a nose wheel. Each one was a big step backwards. I still have the Pacer and I would trade the bigger engine to get my Clipper with a stick back any day. Brian Kraut Engineering Alternatives, Inc. www.engalt.com -----Original Message----- 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. 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 are better for small aircraft. After looking at several sites detailing how the KR2 fits together, I would have to say, it may be difficult to fit a yoke in there. SO... Is there anyone here with a yoke in a KR2? Is it worth the additional hassles, skinned knuckles and swear words to have a yoke? I saw a pic of a KR2 with a yoke (forgot where) and... well, it just didn't look natural. Comments anyone? TIA Ken KC7RAD _______________________________________ 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
