Oh, my bad.  I just didn't understand what he was meaning...that Ray has the Fulcrum.  I thought he meant Ray has a Honeycomb Alpha.

Thanks.

Edited October 23, 20205 yr by Griphos

2 minutes ago, Griphos said:

Oh, my bad.  I just didn't understand what he was meaning...that Ray has the Fulcrum.  I thought he meant Ray has a Honeycomb Alpha.

Thanks.

No problem!😄

FYI if you have a clicking noise with your Yoke while pushing it in, it is due to a wiring harness that is tied down incorrectly causing interference. However, do not open your Yoke to self-diagnose. If you open the case, you will void your warranty. This info is directly from Honeycomb. When I first contact them, the first thing they asked for before anything else was my serial number, so they could record that I opened my device potentially invalidating the warranty. He said he would make a one time exception in my case since it was a known factory issue that they have since corrected.

Edited October 23, 20205 yr by quantumpion

I've gotta say, I just got mine and I'm really liking the stiffer pitch axis on the unit.  Waiting for the aircraft to speed up at the top of climb just prior to trimming it out requires more and more force to maintain level and almost gives the impression of FFB.   

I am having trouble mapping my hat switch though.  On its own, I use the hat to switch between quick views and pilots next/previous positions.  Works fine.  But I also use button 1 as a modifier to enable the hat switch to work as a free look.  It all works except for looking up.   I've programmed "POV Up + Trigger1" to the "look up" command but it just never works.  "POV_Up_Left + Trigger1" works as intended as do all other look commands.  Kinda stumped. 

 

Edit: scratch that.  Found an additional mapping that I hadn't cleared in the yoke.  Works fine now. As I was saying, I love my Alpha. 🙂

Edited October 24, 20205 yr by bambam101

On 10/21/2020 at 10:28 PM, Flyfaster_MTN002 said:

Has it loosened up at all over that time?

My yoke has not loosened up as of yet. Hopefully it stays that way.

Any word on whether this latest patch fixed the button issues with the Honeycomb?

I had no button issue. What I now have is NO sim.

On 10/21/2020 at 7:24 PM, DaveCT2003 said:

There is no heading/altitude bug with the Alpha Flight Controls.  There is however a bug with MSFS where if you assign trim (or any) switches to heading or altitude change it will increment by 10 instead of one.  Since pilots and experienced flight simmers would never, ever assign heading or altitude to a up/down button, it didn't occur to anyone at Asobo to test this, but now that they are aware of it I'm sure they'll fix it.  It does this with ANY flight sim hardware that have such switches.

Best wishes!

 

Dave,  I've had the yoke now for a couple of test flights.   I love the yoke.  but the tension on mine is pretty stiff and I can't get a smooth flair.  My understanding is there is no adjustment for this, so any tips to getting a smooth flair?   I just find to overcome the tension I'm going well beyond where I would like to be.

Mine has been working like a dream. This is a quality product.

Have they fixed the dead zone problem on the Alpha? I remember reading that many people had problems with large dead zone when it was first released on the market.

1 hour ago, Detail50 said:

Dave,  I've had the yoke now for a couple of test flights.   I love the yoke.  but the tension on mine is pretty stiff and I can't get a smooth flair.  My understanding is there is no adjustment for this, so any tips to getting a smooth flair?   I just find to overcome the tension I'm going well beyond where I would like to be.

We really don't want to start providing support here for Honeycomb, especially because we have no formal arrangement with AVSIM and it's a venue that we don't have much leeway with.

That said, I'll answer this, but with the understanding that if it goes much further we'll have to ask you to put in a support ticket. I don't believe that will happen.

I've been using a Alpha for a very long time, long before they came out.  What I can tell you is that it's a bit stiff in the beginning, but the more it's used the more it will loosen up a bit. Brand new I liken the pitch axis to a PA-28 that is a little heavy and out of trim - in fact that is exactly what it feels like to me.  But after you've used for for a fairly good while it loosen up a bit and feels more natural to those with GA flying experience.  Without enlisting servos with feedback loops and special software for what would be similar to forced feedback (only with an assist when trimmed or at slow speed) it really isn't possible to design a Yoke that feels like a real aircraft in all conditions. What Honeycomb did was approximate the average feel, but since we use bungees it's going to be feel a little tighter when the product is new.

Best wishes.

 

 

3 hours ago, Ixoye said:

Have they fixed the dead zone problem on the Alpha? I remember reading that many people had problems with large dead zone when it was first released on the market.

I think some early versions had an adjustment problem from the factory. It was not a lot of units but a few for sure.

There is a recalibration you can do. There is a video on YouTube that shows exactly how it is done. You can search for it. It is very rare that you have to do this recalibration. But it only takes a few minutes if you do it exactly right.

My Alpha is perfect and I love it. It really is a quality unit. I recommend it to anyone needing a yoke.

4 hours ago, Detail50 said:

Dave,  I've had the yoke now for a couple of test flights.   I love the yoke.  but the tension on mine is pretty stiff and I can't get a smooth flair.  My understanding is there is no adjustment for this, so any tips to getting a smooth flair?   I just find to overcome the tension I'm going well beyond where I would like to be.

You have to use trim to land a plane. It is the same in a real plane as well. Landing nose heavy or light on the trim makes for a sloppy landing. 

Trim is your friend. And in a real aircraft you are always adjusting it unless you are on auto pilot with Vhold.

It is especially important to have trim set correctly for landing and T/O. Trim will change as you change flap setting and throttle input.

23 hours ago, 177B said:

You have to use trim to land a plane. It is the same in a real plane as well. Landing nose heavy or light on the trim makes for a sloppy landing. 

Trim is your friend. And in a real aircraft you are always adjusting it unless you are on auto pilot with Vhold.

It is especially important to have trim set correctly for landing and T/O. Trim will change as you change flap setting and throttle input.

Well said.