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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
Is it really also called a stearing wheel?
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)