# Motion Yoke and Touch Joystick

> Fly with SkyYoke by tilting the iPhone like a yoke or with an on-screen joystick, recenter the yoke and control the camera with swipes.

Source: https://ifkits.com/wiki/yoke-and-joystick/

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SkyYoke has two ways to fly. Choose one in **Settings → Control mode → Input method**.

| Mode | How it works | Best for |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Motion Yoke** (default) | Tilt the phone. Roll left or right to bank, tilt toward or away from you to pitch. | Feeling like a real yoke |
| **Touch Joystick** | Drag the on-screen stick with your thumb; it springs back to centre. | Flying with the phone on a table or stand |

## Motion Yoke

Hold the phone in landscape with both hands, screen facing you, like a yoke. SkyYoke reads the phone's tilt 60 times a second.

- **Recenter**: tap it while holding the phone at your comfortable neutral angle. Do this before takeoff and whenever you change how you sit.
- **Tilt range** (15° to 60°, default 35°) sets how far you tilt for full control. A smaller range is more sensitive.
- The pad in the middle shows the **traffic radar** or a [flight display](https://ifkits.com/wiki/cockpit-displays/).

![The Motion Yoke pad with the traffic radar and speed and altitude tapes](https://ifkits.com/wiki/img/motion-yoke.png)

### Camera control

The Motion Yoke pad also moves Infinite Flight's camera:

- **Swipe** across the pad to look around.
- **Tap the left or right side** to switch camera views.
- **Press and hold** to jump back to the cockpit view.

This needs the camera hat bound in step 8 of the [Setup Guide](https://ifkits.com/wiki/bind-axes/). You can change camera sensitivity and invert either direction in [Settings](https://ifkits.com/wiki/settings/#camera).

## Touch Joystick

The stick sits in the middle of the screen. Drag it to roll and pitch; release it to centre the controls.

![Touch Joystick mode](https://ifkits.com/wiki/img/touch-joystick.png)

## Fine-tuning the feel

Each axis (pitch, roll and yaw) has its own settings:

| Setting | Range | Default | Effect |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sensitivity | 0.2 to 2.0 | 1.0 | How much control a given tilt or drag gives |
| Dead zone | 0 to 0.3 | 0.05 (pitch, roll), 0.08 (yaw) | Small movements near centre are ignored |
| Expo curve | 0 to 1 | 0.35 (pitch, roll), 0.20 (yaw) | Softer near centre, full authority at the ends |
| Invert direction | on or off | off | Reverses the axis |

See [Settings](https://ifkits.com/wiki/settings/#pitch-roll-and-yaw).

## Rudder

The rudder slider sits along the bottom of the cockpit screen. Slide left or right for yaw; it returns to centre when you let go. Use it for crosswind landings and steering on the ground at low speed.

> **Use a game controller instead**
You can fly with an Xbox, DualSense or Backbone controller and keep the phone as the cockpit display. See [Game controllers](https://ifkits.com/wiki/game-controllers/).