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A dual-seat control system for an aircraft provides an upright mounted at one end to pivot by actuation of a user near the other end. Cross beams extend from the upper end of the upright to positions in front of each user. The cross beams each carry a handle at an outboard end by which an operator c

A dual-seat control system for an aircraft provides an upright mounted at one end to pivot by actuation of a user near the other end. Cross beams extend from the upper end of the upright to positions in front of each user. The cross beams each carry a handle at an outboard end by which an operator can move the upright as a control stick in either a pitch-control direction, or a roll-control direction. The cross beams are free to move in one degree of freedom with respect to the upright, and are fixed in the other degree of freedom. Typically, the handle is attached in a manner to move in rigid body motion with respect to the upright in a pitch-control direction, while being free to move in a plane defined by the cross beam and upright at will, according to the desires of an operator. In certain embodiments, the handle may be required to be parallel to the upright in all positions, from a lower stowed position to an upper deployed position. According to operator choice, a control system may be secured to the upright to allow substantial movement (pivoting) by the handle in the plane defined by the upright and the cross beam. In other embodiments, the handle and upright may form extensions of the opposite legs of a parallelogram, thus moving in exact, congruency, separated by a distance in space.

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1. An apparatus for providing control inputs for an aircraft, the apparatus comprising:an upright mounted proximate a first end to move in first and second degrees of freedom, orthogonal to one another, at a second end; a first cross beam having inboard and outboard ends and being pivotably mounted

1. An apparatus for providing control inputs for an aircraft, the apparatus comprising:an upright mounted proximate a first end to move in first and second degrees of freedom, orthogonal to one another, at a second end; a first cross beam having inboard and outboard ends and being pivotably mounted proximate the inboard end thereof to be movable proximate an outboard end thereof by a first user, in the second degree of freedom, and fixed with respect to the upright in the first degree of freedom; and a second cross beam having inboard and outboard ends and being pivotably mounted proximate the inboard end thereof to be movable proximate the outboard end thereof by a second user, in the second degree of freedom and independently from the first cross beam, and fixed with respect to the upright in the first degree of freedom.