Patent ID: 9522726
Filing Date: 2016-12-20
CPC Classification: A63H,B64C,G05G

Claim Text:
1. A portable cockpit yoke assembly for controlling a model airplane, the yoke assembly adapted for mounting on a handheld standard radio controller transmitter or RC transmitter, the handheld RC transmitter having a first joystick for controlling the plane's throttle and rudder, the RC transmitter having a second joystick for controlling the plane's elevators and ailerons, the yoke assembly comprising: a yoke body adapted for mounting on top of the handheld RC transmitter; a first control arm slidably mounted on the yoke body; a throttle knob, attached to one end of the first control arm, for moving the first control arm on the yoke body; first linkage means attached to the first control arm and adapted for attachment to the first joystick, whereby when the throttle knob is moved on the yoke body, the first linkage means for moving the first joystick and controlling the throttle on the airplane; a rudder control lever attached to the first control arm, whereby when the rudder control lever is moved upward or downward, the first linkage means for moving the first joystick and controlling the rudder on the airplane; a second control arm slidably mounted on the yoke body; an elevator knob attached to one end of the second control arm for moving the second control arm on the yoke body; second linkage means attached to the second control arm and adapted for attachment to the second joystick, whereby when the elevator knob is moved on the yoke body, the second linkage means for moving the second joystick and controlling the elevators on the airplane; and an aileron control lever attached to the second control arm, whereby when the elevator control lever is moved the second linkage means moving the second joystick for controlling the ailerons on the airplane.