Talk:Yoke (aeronautics)
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Can't find free image
[edit]I tried a google image search of faa.gov and af.mil for good images of a yoke and couldn't find nothin' that would qualify. Odd. knoodelhed 12:28, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
I found several. http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&q=airplane+yoke+&btnG=Search
- None of those are in the public domain čĥàñľōŕď 23:22, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
Is it really also called a stearing wheel?
What does this article need?
[edit]What does this article need, to bring it up to scratch and out of stub class status?
From my point of view, there is not a lot more that can be added, without duplicating info already in articles like http://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Aircraft_flight_control_systems. Any suggestions as to what more we can do to improve this article? Whippen (talk) 11:38, 26 June 2008 (UTC)
- From my point of view (I design flight control systems for a living), this article needs substantial overhaul. At the very least it should avoid inventing new terminology, e.g. no one in the industry actually refers to "U-shaped" or "W-shaped" or "M-shaped" control yokes. It should probably also acknowledge that some in the industry use "yoke" NOT as a synonym for "control wheel," but to refer to two-handed variants of low-hinged inceptors that would otherwise be referred to as "sticks" (e.g. Spitfire is probably the most well-known example). Jelliott4 (talk) 20:22, 14 September 2016 (UTC)
Joystick?
[edit]As far as I know, nobody in aviation uses the term "joystick", it's always "side-stick" (Airbus) or plain "stick" (or "centre-stick"). I'm going to correct the article accordingly, but I'd welcome any comments or corrections. Ptrt (talk) 19:24, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
As far as I know, I only use the term "joystick", as do all of the pilots I know who fly light aircraft. "Yoke" is reserved for those aircraft like the Cessna 150/152 that have what, to non-pilots, looks like a steering wheel. Emeraude (talk) 15:26, 26 February 2012 (UTC)
sidestick issues of the A330 ( and thus any FBW Airbus9 the 8 (fox news ) and 9 ( the Daily Telegraph ) ref links given arent't really sources that have any value in context of aviation technology. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ZwergAlw (talk • contribs) 22:29, 26 March 2019 (UTC)
Airbus pilots do not like it when you call it a "joystick". Same if you call a Boeing pilot's yoke a "steering wheel". You don't "steer" a plane (except on ground, but you do not use the yoke for this). --ManuelNeuerFan1 (talk) 10:01, 3 July 2021 (UTC)
Etymology
[edit]Anybody there who knows something about the origin? Why do we use the same term, "yoke", for both the aircraft steering wheel and the thing that fastens two oxen? --ManuelNeuerFan1 (talk) 10:00, 3 July 2021 (UTC)
- Because they sort of look alike would be my guess. BilCat (talk) 18:15, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
Wrong: “yokes are less sensitive (i.e., more precise)”
[edit]If it’s less sensitive, then it’s less precise. Precision and sensitivity are positively correlated. Statement is simply incorrect. 62.194.63.113 (talk) 17:30, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
- Not true, excessive sensitivity results in over-controlling ans a lack of precision. - Ahunt (talk) 18:12, 19 July 2022 (UTC)
Should a section about yokes on other vehicles be added?
[edit]Yokes have seen some use on cars, should this be mentioned in this article? 149.19.43.59 (talk) 18:12, 6 December 2023 (UTC)