I would like to show off MSFS to a friend of mine and would like to know what's a good plane to demonstrate and show off the capabilities of what the Honeycomb Alpha/Bravo can do?

Could be showcased with a lot of different models. Why type of flying might he be interested in?  What aircraft is he at least somewhat familiar with?  In other words, what would provide some ah ha moments?

Edited January 8, 20224 yr by fppilot

VFR flying for sure! With a plane that's not too complex, but easy to fly as well. I'd like for him to try it first hand to without me having to go into too much detail. Something good for a new, beginner pilot.

I'd say something like the Bonanza. You can map pretty much all the buttons & levers to the Honeycomb set, control the autopilot on/off/altitude/VS/FLC, etc. Makes for quite a tactile experience where you don't have to reach for the keyboard/mouse much. 

The upcoming Twin Otter.

https://www.avsim.com/forums/topic/612799-aerosoft-twin-otter-preview/

ns

Edited January 8, 20224 yr by bean_sprout

8 minutes ago, captain420 said:

VFR flying for sure! With a plane that's not too complex, but easy to fly as well.

I would recommend the Diamond's.  Clean simple layout and simple quadrant controls.  Then you could progress to full TPM.  Would provide a progressive learning curve.

Mooney 20R

What about the C172, or Just Flight Turbo Arrows? I'm not sure how to set up the Bravo, is it single engine, single engine complex, or multi-engine for those type of planes?

The C172 is good as the controls map closely to that. The Arrow is good as well but there's a bit more mapping involved for some of the stuff. You're probably better off using something like the C172 or Bonanza as easier to map stuff given that they're stock planes and they have the G1000Nxi which works well with the Honeycomb AP setup.

Is there a good tutorial on how to map everything to the various planes? This is the very 1st time I'm setting up my honeycomb alpha/bravo.

46 minutes ago, captain420 said:

I would like to show off MSFS to a friend

A lady friend?

This, surely, will backfire.

😏

On the C172, the beacon and strobe switch on my Alpha doesn't seem to work, Even though I have them mapped to the right function. The land, taxi, and nav switches work right out of the box. Any ideas on why it's not working?

What do you have beacon and strobe actually mapped to in the controls settings? 

They are set to the default button 21 (Beacon) and 23 (Strobe). I have tried erasing them and reassigning them, but they still don't work.

Edited January 9, 20224 yr by captain420

The switches by default for the exterior lights all work fine on the bravo though. not sure why it's only those 2 lights that are not working on the Alpha Yoke.

Edited January 9, 20224 yr by captain420