Talk:Yoke (aeronautics)

Can't find free image
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)
 * I'm guessing this is no longer required, but I took a photo of the cockpit of a Cessna 152 a few weeks ago. Let me know if you would like to use the yoke portion of the picture in this article. Whippen (talk)

Is it really also called a stearing wheel?

What does this article need?
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://en.wikipedia.org/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?
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
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)”
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?
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)