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1. An aircraft control stick for manually controlling operation of an aircraft, the control stick comprising:
a stick body comprising a base and a shaft, wherein the base is positioned below the shaft; a support structure for the stick body comprising a retaining plate, an enclosure, and a base plate, wherein the retaining plate is attached to the upper surface of the enclosure and the base plate is attached to the lower surface of the enclosure; the retaining plate comprising an aperture therethrough for accommodating the base of the stick body, the retaining plate further comprising at least three spokes extending radially inward from a perimeter of the aperture and attached to a spoke hub at the center of the aperture; wherein the base of the stick body has a slot therethrough for each of the at least three spokes, each slot having a bearing movably supported within the slot and connected to a spoke, such that the base of the stick body is retained by the spokes, with the spoke hub being contained within the volume of the base of the stick body; the control stick further comprising a universal joint having an upper end and a lower end, the upper end of the universal joint being attached to the base of the stick body, and the lower end of the universal joint being attached to a feel plate; wherein the feel plate is contained within the enclosure and is supported on the base plate such that the feel plate is constrained from movement in a direction orthogonal to a horizontal plane defined by the feel plate. |