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A joystick, sometimes called a flight stick, is an input device consisting of a stick that pivots on a base and reports its angle or direction to the device it is controlling. Also known as the contro
Cockpit of a glider with its joystick visible
A prototype Project Gemini joystick-type hand controller, 1962
Sega's MotoPolo (1968), an arcade electro-mechanical game with joystick controls
CH Products Mach II analog joystick for Apple II computers. The small knobs are for (mechanical) calibration, and the sliders engage the self-centering springs.
A conventional fixed-wing aircraft flight control system consists of flight control surfaces, the respective cockpit controls, connecting linkages, and the necessary operating mechanisms to control an
Cockpit controls and instrument panel of a Cessna 182D Skylane
Blériot VIII at Issy-les-Moulineaux, the first flightworthy aircraft design to have the initial form of modern flight controls for the pilot
de Havilland Tiger Moth elevator and rudder cables