TCAS traffic scope
An Airbus navigation-display-style scope over the yoke pad, fed by live multiplayer traffic with TCAS II v7.1-style advisories.
Airbus A319 Joystick for Infinite Flight
The real A319 has no yoke — it is flown one-handed from a sidestick. SkyYoke lets you fly Infinite Flight's A319 the same way, with your iPhone as a wireless sidestick joystick and a gated Airbus thrust lever under your thumb.
An Airbus A319 joystick for Infinite Flight is an iPhone app that flies the A319 over your local Wi-Fi: SkyYoke turns the phone into a wireless sidestick — tilt it to roll and pitch, or drag a self-centering touch pad — and automatically gives the throttle the A319's gated Airbus detents, from REV FULL through CLIMB and FLX·MCT to TOGA, with no extra hardware.
Small airframe, serious reach
TAKEOFF CALLOUTS
80145150160 KT
ACCELERATINGV1ROTATEV2
- Plan itV1, VR and V2 are computed on the Performance screen.
- V1Spoken at decision speed as you accelerate.
- RotatePull back at VR — the callout cues the rotation.
- V2Safety speed called as you climb away.
Every Airbus fan seems to keep a soft spot for the A319 — the short-fuselage A320 that climbs like it has something to prove. In Infinite Flight that character carries over: it gets off short runways quickly, settles happily at altitudes where heavier jets start to labor, and rewards smooth, minimal handling. Flying it from a flat touchscreen, though, throws away exactly what makes it special — and a desktop yoke is the wrong shape entirely, because the genuine article has no yoke at all. An Airbus A319 joystick for Infinite Flight should match how the airplane was designed to be flown: one hand, a sidestick, small deliberate inputs. SkyYoke gets you there with hardware you already own. Your iPhone becomes the sidestick, talking to Infinite Flight across your home Wi-Fi, with nothing to buy and nothing to plug in.
Why the A319 earns its loyal following
On paper, the A319 is simply the shortened member of the A320 family. In practice, trimming the fuselage changed its personality. With the family wing and two underwing turbofans pushing less airplane, it became the lineup's long-range, hot-and-high specialist — the variant airlines trust at high-elevation airports, on hot afternoons, and into strips that punish bigger narrow-bodies. The same combination of reach and runway manners made it a favorite basis for corporate ACJ conversions, where range matters far more than seat count. And because it shares the common A320-family type rating and the same sidestick flight deck as its siblings, crews move between the A319 and the larger A320 without retraining. In Infinite Flight's fleet, all of that translates into one of the most versatile airliners you can pick: short hop or long sector, sea-level mega-hub or a tight mountain strip, the A319 will take the assignment.
The right A319 joystick for Infinite Flight is a sidestick
MOTION YOKE
WINGS LEVELBANK LEFTBANK RIGHTPITCH UP
- Hold & centreOne tap captures your grip as wings-level neutral.
- Tilt leftRoll the phone left and the aircraft banks left.
- Tilt rightRoll the other way to bank right — 1:1, smoothly.
- Tilt backEase the top toward you to pitch up and climb.
Hold your iPhone in one hand and you are already holding something close to the Airbus philosophy: a compact controller flown from the wrist, not the shoulders. SkyYoke offers two ways to fly it, switchable at any time.
Motion mode reads the gravity vector rather than raw rotation, so your grip does not matter — rest the phone flat on your lap like an armrest-mounted sidestick, or hold it upright; both work, and there is no gimbal lock to fight. You decide how far the phone leans for full deflection, anywhere from 15° to 60°, and a one-tap recenter captures a fresh neutral whenever you shift in your seat. Touch mode swaps motion for an on-screen pad: a self-centering stick that maps 1:1 and springs back to neutral the instant you let go — the closest a screen gets to releasing a real sidestick and watching it return to center.
Whichever you choose, each axis runs through its own conditioning chain, so the A319's light handling stays light without becoming twitchy:
- Sensitivity sets how much aircraft you get per degree of wrist.
- Dead zone keeps the jet still while your hand is merely resting.
- Expo curve softens the center for cruise corrections while keeping full authority at the stops for crosswind work.
- Inversion, trim and smoothing tailor each axis — pitch, roll, yaw and brake — to your hand.
Underneath it all, a 60 Hz control loop with change-detection and rate limiting keeps inputs flowing without flooding the network, and a link watchdog reconnects automatically if your Wi-Fi blinks.
A thrust lever that clicks through the gates
AIRBUS DETENTS
TOGAFLX / MCTCLBIDLEREV
- TOGAFull takeoff / go-around thrust at the top gate.
- FLX / MCTReduced-thrust takeoff and maximum continuous.
- CLBThe climb detent — set it and leave it.
- IDLEBack to idle; every gate buzzes a haptic click.
- REVPull past idle for reverse thrust on the runway.
Throttle is where most phone controllers give up and draw a featureless slider. The A319 deserves better. In the real flight deck, the thrust levers live in a gated quadrant, and pilots set power by feel — click into FLX·MCT for a reduced-thrust takeoff, snap back to CLIMB, and let the automation carry the cruise. SkyYoke recreates that quadrant automatically the moment you select an Airbus type: the lever becomes a gated track with six positions — REV FULL, REV, IDLE, CLIMB, FLX·MCT and TOGA — and the phone plays a crisp haptic tick at every gate crossing, so you can find takeoff power without taking your eyes off the centerline.
All the safety logic of SkyYoke's smart throttle carries over. On the landing roll at 40 knots or above, pulling into the reverse range engages held reverse thrust — Infinite Flight requires reverse to be held, and the lever holds it for you. Below 40 knots the same range becomes proportional wheel braking for the turnoff. In the air, reverse is blocked outright, with a warning banner and a repeating haptic so you cannot miss it.
The A319 at a glance
TCAS
OTHER TRAFFICPROXIMATETRAFFIC, TRAFFICCLIMB, CLIMBCLEAR OF CONFLICT
- Other trafficDistant contacts show as open white diamonds.
- ProximateWithin 6 NM and 1,200 ft it fills in solid.
- Traffic advisoryAn amber circle and a spoken “Traffic, traffic.”
- Resolution advisoryA red square with a spoken “Climb, climb.”
- Clear of conflictThreat resolved — the callout stands you down.
One table for the airplane and for how SkyYoke hands it to you:
| Manufacturer | Airbus |
|---|---|
| Family | A320 family — the shortened variant, sharing the common family type rating |
| Control style | Sidestick flight deck, common across the A320 family |
| Engines | 2 × underwing turbofans (CFM56 or IAE V2500 family) |
| Typical role | Short- and medium-haul airliner; long-range and hot-and-high specialist; corporate ACJ conversions |
| Stick in SkyYoke | iPhone motion tilt (gravity-based, 15–60° range) or 1:1 self-centering touch joystick, tuned per axis |
| Throttle in SkyYoke | Automatic Airbus detent quadrant — REV FULL / REV / IDLE / CLIMB / FLX·MCT / TOGA — with haptic gates |
| Rudder in SkyYoke | Self-centering rudder bar along the bottom of the screen |
Glass-cockpit aids while you fly it
Hand-flying the A319 is the fun part; SkyYoke's job is to keep the numbers where your eyes already are. Live HUD chips track IAS, altitude, heading and vertical speed beside a ground/air phase chip and a spoiler annunciator, while the PFD-style tapes are drawn the Airbus way: a speed tape with a trend arrow, an altitude tape, and cyan selected-value bugs marking what you have dialed. Glance, confirm, back outside.
V-speed callouts
Spoken V1, Rotate and V2 on the takeoff roll, armed from the Performance screen and re-armed automatically for each departure.
Violation protection
The Violation Avoidance System watches the 250-knot limit below 10,000 ft and manages the autopilot speed target for airliners.
The traffic scope and its spoken advisories get a full write-up on the TCAS for Infinite Flight page, and the overspeed guardrails on the Violation Avoidance System page. Both are simulator display aids rather than certified avionics, and the V-speeds come from weight- and density-altitude-scaled aircraft profiles — estimates for the simulator only.
From sofa to short final in five steps
- Share a network. Put your iPhone and the device running Infinite Flight on the same Wi-Fi.
- Open the door. Enable Infinite Flight Connect in the simulator's settings so SkyYoke can find it — discovery is automatic.
- Bind once. Map the control axes in Infinite Flight's Controllers settings; the in-app setup guide covers each one and you never repeat it.
- Pick the jet. Load an A319 from Infinite Flight's fleet — SkyYoke recognizes the Airbus type and fits the detented thrust lever on its own.
- Fly. Tilt or touch to steer, click the lever through its gates, and keep the rudder bar handy for the crosswind on arrival.
Fair-weather print: SkyYoke is an unofficial companion app. Which aircraft are available in Infinite Flight's fleet — and which features each one supports — is determined by Infinite Flight itself. All performance figures, V-speeds and callouts are estimates for the simulator, never for real-world flight.
Frequently asked questions
Flying Infinite Flight's A319 with your iPhone as the sidestick.
Can my iPhone really work as an Airbus A319 joystick for Infinite Flight?+
Yes. SkyYoke connects to Infinite Flight over your local Wi-Fi network and streams sidestick-style inputs from your iPhone in real time. Tilt the phone to roll and pitch the A319, or use the on-screen self-centering touch joystick, backed by a 60 Hz control loop, per-axis tuning and automatic reconnection. No physical hardware is required — both devices just need to share the same network.
Does the throttle behave like a real Airbus thrust lever on the A319?+
When you fly an Airbus type, SkyYoke automatically swaps the smooth throttle for a gated quadrant modeled on the Airbus detents — REV FULL, REV, IDLE, CLIMB, FLX·MCT and TOGA — and plays a haptic tick each time the lever crosses a gate. That lets you set takeoff thrust, pull back to CLIMB and select reverse by feel, without looking away from the runway.
How do I set up SkyYoke to fly the A319?+
Put your iPhone and the device running Infinite Flight on the same Wi-Fi network, switch on Infinite Flight Connect in the simulator's settings, and SkyYoke discovers it automatically. Bind the control axes once in Infinite Flight's Controllers settings — the in-app guide walks you through it — then load an A319 from Infinite Flight's fleet and fly.
Will SkyYoke help me avoid overspeed violations in the A319?+
It can help. The Violation Avoidance System arms roughly 2,000 feet above the 250-knot restriction below 10,000 feet and, while the autopilot is engaged, either clamps the speed target to 250 knots — remembering the value you dialed for later — or manages energy by idling the throttle and adjusting the descent. It announces what it is doing with spoken alerts and a colored annunciator, and it is an aid, never a guarantee.
Is SkyYoke affiliated with Airbus or Infinite Flight?+
No. SkyYoke is an independent, unofficial iPhone app built on Infinite Flight's public Connect API. It is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Airbus or Infinite Flight LLC. Which aircraft appear in Infinite Flight's fleet, and what features each one supports, is determined entirely by Infinite Flight itself.
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