When the F16 fighter jet came to use in the 1970s, it had a control stick using force instead of movement. The control was all by electronics anyway, and electronics was not trusted that much before the F16. The development guys found out, that the ergonomics of force control is better than "movement control". This issue is discussed in this link: https://aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/32280/do-we-fly-full-size-aircraft-with-video-game-style-joysticks/32281 I think most sewing ma