Most general aviation aircraft use control yokes, not sticks, presumably because most are cabin types and that makes entry and exit a little easier. I bet most of the pilots reading this learned to fly entirely or partly in planes with yokes.
Off the top of my head, the only homebuilts with yokes that come to mind are some Mignet-type, two-axis tandem-wing designs. The pic below is from the sole Croses B-EC-9 Para-Cargo. There I can see the logic both in shortening the control run to the overhead front wing and leaving the floor completely clear (no rudder pedals either).
Are there any other homebuilts with control yokes and any good reasons for or against their use? It does surprise me that yokes are not more common in the homebuilt world, if for no other reason than because they are so common on factory-built planes.
Off the top of my head, the only homebuilts with yokes that come to mind are some Mignet-type, two-axis tandem-wing designs. The pic below is from the sole Croses B-EC-9 Para-Cargo. There I can see the logic both in shortening the control run to the overhead front wing and leaving the floor completely clear (no rudder pedals either).
Are there any other homebuilts with control yokes and any good reasons for or against their use? It does surprise me that yokes are not more common in the homebuilt world, if for no other reason than because they are so common on factory-built planes.