For Microsoft Flight Simulator: Yoke or Joystick?
Which do you prefer? I prefer the yoke. And why? I prefer the yoke more because I like the feel of it better than putting both hands all together o...
Which do you prefer?
I prefer the yoke.
And why? I prefer the yoke more because I like the feel of it better than putting both hands all together on a joy stick.
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Please post your computer game (Flight Simulator) question in the "GAMES" section where it belongs. This section is for questions about REAL aircraft, not pretend ones from a game!
If you want realism, use the same type of control the real aircraft has. For example, a Boeing has a yoke, but Airbus aircraft have a joystick on the side panel!
Even in small aircraft the same holds true. If you fly a Cessna, you have a yoke. Fly a cirrus and you have a stick.
I prefer the yoke myself, unless I am in a fighter.
joy stick
yoke… but just because I don’t have enough money to buy a proper joystick (my usual joystick don’t has much sensitivity and sometimes fails)
I use a joystick for Flight Simulator.
I suppose a yoke would would be slightly more realistic, but any yoke on the market will feel different than the actual airplane that I’m learning to fly. A typical $100 yoke does not have the same range of motion, does not have force feedback, etc. So buying a yoke to simulate a real aircraft doesn’t really work.
I use Flight Simulator to do things like check out a cross-country flight before actually flying it, practice radio navigation, and to practice instrument flying.
Flight Simulator cannot accurately simulate the actual physical skills involved in flying. Therefore a yoke really isn’t necessary.
That being said, I do have a set of rudder pedals. I found that a bit of practice with those quickly broke my habit of trying to steer with the yoke while taxiing. And while the rudder pedals don’t feel exactly like a real airplane’s; just getting your feet involved helps a lot.
One other reason I like the joystick is that I can twist it to quickly look right and left. A yoke isn’t going to provide that, so you’ll end up using the hat switch which is kind of clumsy.