REFLECTOR: Yoke vs. Stick

[AnnSam]

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From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org]On
Behalf Of Scott Derrick
Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 1:17 PM
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Yoke vs. Stick


Sorry TEC,  I read your comment

I quote "Also, ever tried to "relieve" yourself with a yoke in the
way?  Come to think of it; never mind."

and assumed you thought I was proposing that a yoke would be better.  A
couple other people implied the same thing in their reply and  guess I
lumped you in with them..

I think I stated numerous times I much prefer the stick over a yoke,  I
just think a center stick is bad engineering compared with a side stick.

As to mounting the radio stack on the left.  That's seems like an odd
solution to the problem of a center stick, but I guess it works as long as
your in the left seat!

Since we have 2 front seats I think the plane is much more useful if both
left and right seats can reach most if not all the controls, isn't that the
norm for most modern airplanes??  I realize there are some old planes with
horrendous placement of radios and instruments but I thought we were trying
to correct the mistakes of the past...  I thought that was the thinking
behind the center stack??? Easily reached from either seat.

Scott

At 10:45 AM 12/1/2004, you wrote:
>In a message dated 12/1/2004 9:12:34 AM Pacific Standard Time,
>scott at tnstaafl.net writes:
>Do people actually read these posting??  Or is it a comprehension thing...
>
>I never said I wanted to switch to a yoke,  In fact I said quite the
>opposite..
>
>Sure "You should" have the next freq tuned in ready to go,  ever been given
>a different freq than you thought you would?  I have.  Ever been real busy
>and just didn't get to that yet? I have.
>
>Even if you do have it tuned it, you still have to reach across your body
>or let go of the stick to switch freqs..  And that's a bad movement.
>
>Hay; do you even read your own post?? In your senerio;
>
> >Scenario in my Velocity:  I'm tracking the glideslope down, hand
> >flying,  Approach says "contact tower"..  I now have to (1) reach across
> >with my left hand and dial/switch the radio, (2)  let go of the stick and
> >switch with my right hand
>
>That is what I was responding to and that only.  I saw this radio problem
>in 89 when I started building my Velocity.  As a commercial helicopter
>pilot I and am quite familiar with reaching.  That is why I mounted all my
>radios (Terra) single stack on the LEFT side of the six-pack along with
>the nav. heads.  I have had no reaching in the 10 years I have been flying
it.
>
>I suggest before you start flaming people, read your own posts that are
>being respond to.  How many of these scenarios in your Velocity have you
>had that were unmanageable?
>
>TEC
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