4 hours ago, Ray Proudfoot said:

@TechguyMaxC, ha ha! I'll assume you're an American unless you tell me to the contrary.

I've had a play with it and it's looking good. Still in beta though.

American by birth and residence, though I'm somewhat of an Anglophile.  The IT Crowd is one of my favorite shows, I also was introduced to Monty Python at the age of 12 and have been quoting the Holy Grail ever since.  Also, I am currently watching series 12 of Dr. Who (4th Doctor - 1st series) with my 5 year old son.  I've never visited merry old England though I would love to.  

I'm glad you had a chance to try the Fulcrum yoke and I hope it's out in time for me to purchase soon!

Are you serious - a 3 inch travel from front to back ? Isn't the Saitek 5 or 6 ?

The new  Fulcrum one from Lancashire is 8 inches.

Crikey. Sorry, but 3 inch travel seems ridiculous, especially when you factor in deadzone which will eventually be required when the pots they have used, start to become noisy.

Edited June 18, 20196 yr by Gabe777

13 minutes ago, Gabe777 said:

Are you serious - a 3 inch travel from front to back ? Isn't the Saitek 5 or 6 ?

No, the Saitek yoke is about 3". The Yoko is 5.75". 

No the saitek is 3 inches in each direction.... I just measured it.

 

7 hours ago, Gabe777 said:

No the saitek is 3 inches in each direction.... I just measured it.

 

Well, I've been robbed - the total travel on mine, fully forward to fully back, is only about 9.5 cm (I've just measured it).

Incidentally, the Honeycomb yoke is reviewed in the latest (July/August 2019) issue of PC Pilot. The reviewer says the travel is 15 cm, which agrees with the 6 inches quoted on the website, so oemlegoem's figure of 8.5 cm comes as quite a disappointment.

I'm super interested in the throttle unit

Hmm These guys are local and down the street from me..........Wonder if I could just "drop in" ha

Edited June 20, 20196 yr by n19htmare

13 hours ago, Muklum said:

Well, I've been robbed - the total travel on mine, fully forward to fully back, is only about 9.5 cm (I've just measured it).

Incidentally, the Honeycomb yoke is reviewed in the latest (July/August 2019) issue of PC Pilot. The reviewer says the travel is 15 cm, which agrees with the 6 inches quoted on the website, so oemlegoem's figure of 8.5 cm comes as quite a disappointment.

Well that makes sense.

3 inches of travel all back to all forward woyld be absurd. A 360 controller stick has 2 inches.

With the Saitek you have to pull back quite hard holding the housing at the same time..... it loosens up. And then calibrate it ! Push hard in.

Measure the gap between the housing and the inner yoke centre at Full in, and full out. It may not be exactly 6, but it's closer to 6 than 3 !

5 or 6 is OK. Whomever said the Honeycomb was 3, was referring to "in each direction".... clearly a miscombobulation is occurring!

Yes seems my tendency to exaggerate length has gotten the better of me...  again !

I have nearly 2 in each direction. Seems a lot more.

My bad.

 

 

Edited June 20, 20196 yr by Gabe777

Update from HoneyComb:

 

Honeycomb Aeronautical Hey Guys,
We really do apologize for the delay as our websites backend is having some major issues and we are working to fix this ASAP. We will announce preorders for the Alpha Flight Controls within the next few weeks dependent on how fast we resolve the website issue.The pre-order delay will not affect yoke shipment date. we really appreciate your support and patience as we are moving as fast as we can without compromising quality.

Always hopeful for new products but good lord, these guys look like a 2 year long train wreck. I feel sorry for them but they have a very large hole to climb out of with this release.

For anyone interested Honeycomb Aeronautical will be in attendance at the RAF Cosford 2-day flight sim show on 5-6 October 2019.

http://www.flightsimshow.com/?fbclid=IwAR3tPPpttrfbu2VpvVz2fC3yAcV0QiGPFZ2PU3U8omNRFnMODqjjj3zizYg

Does anyone know if the pre-order stage for the Honeycomb yoke has expired? The website shows the yoke at the pre-order price I didn't find a method to pre-order on the Honeycomb website. I sent an email to the contact email seeking clarification but have not received a response. Thanks in advance for any information!

50 minutes ago, BigG433 said:

Does anyone know if the pre-order stage for the Honeycomb yoke has expired? The website shows the yoke at the pre-order price I didn't find a method to pre-order on the Honeycomb website. I sent an email to the contact email seeking clarification but have not received a response. Thanks in advance for any information!

They have been posting updates on their FaceBook page. Last word from July 24 was; 

While we've had some issues getting the web store up and running, the production is still on schedule and pre-orders will ship towards the end of August. Expect the pre-order site to go live later this week. We'll post an update here as well as send out a newsletter once it goes live.

For European pre-orders please visit Aerosoft https://www.aerosoft.com/en/honeycomb/

U.S preorders is supposed to be later this week according to the last post but I'm not holding my breath. Pre-orders were suppose to happen right after the Expo but they keep having site issues from all the post. Not sure what is really going on with them. 

Any update on the throttle quadrant?  Displaying at Cosford is all very well so far as it goes.....

Could the delay have anything to do with the upcoming MS Flight Simulator and compatibility? 

 

If you're interested in any of these products, you re really gonna find this video very interesting, enjoy it

 

https://youtu.be/APKSiKwksuA