I ordered the Fulcrum Yoke in early February and it finally arrived this morning, after almost a week lost with Italian customs with an extra cost as a result of Brexit. (over 100 Euros)
Given that I previously had a CH Products Yoke that I have not used anymore since I bought the Logitech Airbus edition joystick, as soon as I took the Fulcrum out of the box I had a feeling of strength and consistency that I had never experienced before with other game controllers.
After the configuration I wanted to try it immediately by flying from Frankfurt (EDDF) to Milan (LIMC) with the FBW A320NX.
The flight was very satisfying and after an RNAV approach to 17L, I completed the flight with a visual landing that I didn't think I would ever be able to do.
Fulcrum Yoke is an excellent product and the sensations it gives you even when you are piloting an A320 are fantastic.
I believe that from today I will continue to fly the AIRBUS family always with the Fulcrum Yoke because in this way I am able to have perfect control of the aircraft.
Tomorrow I will try it with the TBM-930 and I'm sure it will be just as enjoyable.

Thanks Chris.

 

 

21 minutes ago, Grigna said:

I ordered the Fulcrum Yoke in early February and it finally arrived this morning, after almost a week lost with Italian customs with an extra cost as a result of Brexit. (over 100 Euros)
Given that I previously had a CH Products Yoke that I have not used anymore since I bought the Logitech Airbus edition joystick, as soon as I took the Fulcrum out of the box I had a feeling of strength and consistency that I had never experienced before with other game controllers.
After the configuration I wanted to try it immediately by flying from Frankfurt (EDDF) to Milan (LIMC) with the FBW A320NX.
The flight was very satisfying and after an RNAV approach to 17L, I completed the flight with a visual landing that I didn't think I would ever be able to do.
Fulcrum Yoke is an excellent product and the sensations it gives you even when you are piloting an A320 are fantastic.
I believe that from today I will continue to fly the AIRBUS family always with the Fulcrum Yoke because in this way I am able to have perfect control of the aircraft.
Tomorrow I will try it with the TBM-930 and I'm sure it will be just as enjoyable.

Thanks Chris.

 

 

Great news that you finally got it and you like it! Thanks for your kind comments,it means a lot that people are enjoying using it.

It is unusual to have someone fly a joystick aircraft with a yoke. Normally in simulators people fly yoke aircraft with a joystick! I know what you mean though, the travel and feel of it works well in any aircraft.

Enjoy your flying!

Chris

40 minutes ago, Grigna said:

I ordered the Fulcrum Yoke in early February and it finally arrived this morning, after almost a week lost with Italian customs with an extra cost as a result of Brexit. (over 100 Euros)
Given that I previously had a CH Products Yoke that I have not used anymore since I bought the Logitech Airbus edition joystick, as soon as I took the Fulcrum out of the box I had a feeling of strength and consistency that I had never experienced before with other game controllers.
After the configuration I wanted to try it immediately by flying from Frankfurt (EDDF) to Milan (LIMC) with the FBW A320NX.
The flight was very satisfying and after an RNAV approach to 17L, I completed the flight with a visual landing that I didn't think I would ever be able to do.
Fulcrum Yoke is an excellent product and the sensations it gives you even when you are piloting an A320 are fantastic.
I believe that from today I will continue to fly the AIRBUS family always with the Fulcrum Yoke because in this way I am able to have perfect control of the aircraft.
Tomorrow I will try it with the TBM-930 and I'm sure it will be just as enjoyable.

Thanks Chris.

 

 

Apart from that, what do you think of it?

5 hours ago, Ron Attwood said:

Apart from that, what do you think of it?

I think it is worth all the money it costs.

13 hours ago, Grigna said:

I think it is worth all the money it costs.

Agreed. Moreover, it feels solid and everything related to hand-flying is easier and more precise. Last night, I was practicing pattern work at KBLH in the California desert. Weather was perfect VMC which is normal for this environment, however, night visual cues are extremely limited thereby making some things more challenging. Knowing my hand-eye coordination really sucks, I was amazed how easily it was for me to maintain heading and altitude as well as properly trim the King Air C90B. By the way, I have one hour experience with this aircraft. 

Again, the yoke is solid in feel, well balanced and very much worth the investment for the serious flight simmer. 

Playing with the Windows metadata drivers, I also included the Fulcrum Yoke among my devices  😃

https://www.amazon.it/clouddrive/share/b8fn19uXEA3QdA6sxD8lEShwRbI6aWaBZ6SOBPERfCr/rgUBIp1xR7KJqI2BJzt6AA

 

 

 

Edited July 20, 20214 yr by Grigna

2 hours ago, Grigna said:

Playing with the Windows metadata drivers, I also included the Fulcrum Yoke among my devices  😃

https://www.amazon.it/clouddrive/share/b8fn19uXEA3QdA6sxD8lEShwRbI6aWaBZ6SOBPERfCr/rgUBIp1xR7KJqI2BJzt6AA

 

 

 

Why?

14 minutes ago, Ron Attwood said:

Why?

Simply because the game peripherals that use the default Windows driver use the default icon and if you have more than one game controller it is possible to confuse them maybe if you have to do a calibration and then also for an aesthetic fact. 🤩

1 hour ago, Grigna said:

Simply because the game peripherals that use the default Windows driver use the default icon and if you have more than one game controller it is possible to confuse them maybe if you have to do a calibration and then also for an aesthetic fact. 🤩

Oh, I see. 😏

OMG! I've just looked at my Control Panel devices and all my kit is depicted as a horrible game controller icon! That's buggered up my day!

Edited July 20, 20214 yr by Ron Attwood
devices not devises

Well, my yoke arrived this morning - I can see why people are so impressed with this yoke.  Some points about the yoke I have found, if you're interested....

1.  Real easy to assemble and set up - all done and ready to fly in MSFS within about 10 minutes. Didn't take long to assign the commands I wanted to the available buttons. 

2. The clamp doesn't really work for me.  For one, when fully unwound/opened, the screw clamp only just squeezed onto my desktop.  But, I use my desk for other things so the yoke needs to be easily removed and later returned.  It also seems to me that with the clamp bracket attached there isn't really anywhere on my desktop I can park the yoke when removed/not in use.  However, I find that the yoke sits and stays quite nicely in position on my desktop without the need to clamp it down (noted though the Important note that "the desk clamp must be used..." sorry).  With it just sitting unclamped on the desk I can do full aileron deflections and I can do full forward/nose down elevator without the yoke body moving and I can do elevator back/nose up without the yoke body moving except for about the last 2 cm of pull where sometimes the body moves towards me.  I'm going to live with that (never did believe in full stall landings anyway) so that I can easily move the yoke body away when not in use. 

3. I found the yoke movements near the central/neutral position to be fingertip light - small aileron and elevator corrections made by fingertip.  This is precisely how I remember a real yoke to be.  About 95% of the yoke inputs I do are in this region - so really great and realistic for me.

4. I've found a need to lower the elevator sensitivity in MSFS to around 60%.  Flying the JPL C152, the pitch was really twitchy for me - much more so than I remember from my RL C152 time.  I believe this is not an issue with the Fulcrum yoke but rather an MSFS C152 issue with the elevator axis being too sensitive and small elevator movements being overly effective.  Haven't tried any other aircraft yet so not sure if this is a general issue for me or just with the JPL C152.        

5. I need to recalibrate my left thumb to suit the yoke's hat switch camera POV control - it's positioned lower than what I'm used to with the HC Alpha and angled down a bit from the horizontal I think. 

6. A little bit of rubbing noise with the yoke shaft when moving forward and back - but no worse (probably less) than my HC Alpha and I think this is a realistic sound anyway - some of the real life yokes got pretty noisy and floppy with use and time.

7. I do miss the master and mag etc switches on the HC body though but no big deal. I'm toying with the idea of addressing this by buying a Saitek switch panel.

8. The HC Alpha was good but this Fulcrum is much better for me - mainly because of the lighter yoke forces required near the neutral position.  I would have stayed with the HC yoke but I had a component failure and another niggly issue.

9. Perhaps the thing I am most impressed with the Fulcrum is the customer service and interactions by the Fulcrum team (Chris).  I've been keenly reading all the postings in this forum about this yoke and am just blown away by the prompt, considerate, helpful and very friendly responses from Chris.  Well done.

 

So, I'm really pleased that I spent money to get this Fulcrum yoke.

John  

   

Another John here from Aussie. Glad to read this as I paid for my yoke just this morning. Now anxiously waiting for the DHL delivery van. Very glad to read about the clamps as I have a keyboard pullout tray under my desk and won't be able to use the clamps. So glad I ordered.

On 10/30/2021 at 11:33 AM, johnbla said:

Another John here from Aussie. Glad to read this as I paid for my yoke just this morning. Now anxiously waiting for the DHL delivery van. Very glad to read about the clamps as I have a keyboard pullout tray under my desk and won't be able to use the clamps. So glad I ordered.

The Fulcrum is quite heavy so it won't slide around, but some aircraft need quite a lot of force during landing and a full force pull will move it.
You could also mount the yoke on a piece of board that "hooks" behind your desk or something so you cannot pull it from the desk in the heat of a moment.

8 hours ago, orchestra_nl said:

The Fulcrum is quite heavy so it won't slide around, but some aircraft need quite a lot of force during landing and a full force pull will move it.
You could also mount the yoke on a piece of board that "hooks" behind your desk or something so you cannot pull it from the desk in the heat of a moment

I only fly GA aircraft with my Saitek trim wheel. I am hoping that I will not need to use too much force using the elevator as I can trim out. Could any Fulcrum user comment on this? Thanks in advance. 

John

The force is what it is, nothing will change that except a different (weaker?) springs. I also us a Saitek trim wheel and all it does is..er..trim.

The forces feel a lot like the real airplane I fly. You'll want the yoke secured properly, but I have had no issues with it moving out of place, even at full aft deflection during landing.

Edited November 3, 20214 yr by thtanner