OM wrote:
On 23 Nov 2005 20:44:49 -0800, "Robert Conley"
wrote:

Apparently Deke Slayton really wanted foot pedals for controlling
yaw in both Mercury and Gemini spacecraft. I read a couple memos for
both mercury and gemini where he kept recommending that foot pedal be
used. He felt that twisting the joystick would make it too easy to
induce roll motion as well as yaw and vice versa.

...It wasn't just Deke who wanted the pedals. IIRC, Al, Gordo, and
especially Gus, were in favor as well. The pedals were part of the way
an airplane is flown, and seeing as how these were pilots, they wanted
their spacecraft to have the same sort of controls that they were
already used to.

OM
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Armstrong wanted bike pedals. Oh wait, wrong Armstrong. Nevermind. ;-)

-Rusty