Hahahaha, not one, not one thing you just said is correct
F-16 doesn't have short stick travel. It has
0 stick travel.
But then pilots started complaining that they have trouble orienting and realising where the stick acctually is. Then the designers introduced 1/4 inch or
6mm stick travel. And that is "empty travel" not connected to the control surfaces in any way.
Maximun noseup and nosedown pitch commands are genrated by 25 and 16 pounds of input, respectively. Roll commands are generated by a maximum of 17 pounds in cruise gains and by 12 pounds in takeoff and landing gains.
But that is still only one aircraft,
and it was problematic.
Wanna talk f-14, f-15, 1-104, f-111, f-117 and literally hundreds and hundreds of airplanes before and after that from all the countries around the world that have conventional sticks, with
20-30+ cm of travel.
Just like the WWII fighters.
Even if your statement would be correct, older fighter can still out-turn
any modern one.
Have you actually checked
any of your statements before stating them??
Oh, and by the way, I'm an inventor with a engineering degree. A professional one, making a living of it. So I'm all for open mindedness and thinking out of the box.