I'm sure the control would not work as well with leaf switches. The reason why the SW yoke is such a good control is because of its precision aiming. For this, it must be a full analog control. Try playing Star Wars with a Happ super, and you'll get about the same effect. I wonder if your yoke is a prototype. Have you opened the body of the yoke yet? There are probably leafs in there as well. Shouldn't be too hard to hack though.