May 11, 20224 yr I thinking about throttle to better use on my airplanes. Using the build in throttle in my old Saitek Joystick is not that good for planes without auto throttle. Sadly the Honeycomb is a bit too big, their Tango Foxtrott is not processing and no news on it (llok on the FSElite link). So I watched some videos and tests on the Thrustmaster Airbus set. I fly Airbus but also 777 and had the Majestic Dash in use. Is it possible to use it with the non airbus style aircrafts? If I saw it right the detents are possible to disable and so use it with other aircraft. But the flaps are not for that? So would it make sense to buy only the throttle and not the other pack? I'm currently having flaps on my Saitek and it works well. Would appreciate any feedback :) Greetings Eddi :smile:
May 20, 20224 yr It works great with any aircraft as it's just a standard input device. the detents (which barely feelable anyway) can be disable by change setting with only 4 screws. But 2 things to keep in mind: 1) The axis range came with reverser, both FSL and Aerosoft can be set automatically working with it, MJS Dash have a tool to set IDLE/BETA range manually. But for other aircraft, you'll need things like FSUIPC to tweak with it, for P3D it works mostly OK, but somehow for PMDG aircraft it now can be deployed in air. (but it have hardware lock, so not much worry for me) . If you are not familiar with things like some advance FSUIPC settings, it might get a little headache, but there are other tools (I don't use so I cant comment), and FSUIPC do have quite great docs came with it to help. Similar story for Flaps, but I don't got the expansion pack, but judging from the frameware window, looks like it's just another axis with virtual button. For X-plane it works mostly great with it's own reverser range setting in game. but some aircraft (Rotate MD11) not works with it out of box. There are some other sims that doesn't work with these reverser range, like IL2 and KSP, but you can simply disable the lock by flip it up and rotate a switch and use the full rang of it as forward throttle, so no harm. and you can also do so for P3D if you wish. 2) there is no TO/GA button for Boeing (and likewise MD, Ejet etc...) so it would feel a bit awkward... There are 2 different AT disconnect button, maybe you could use like left one for AT disconnect and right one for TOGA Or you can add your own: Still I feel TCA airbus is much better than TCA Boeing, as the Boeing one also don't came with TO/GA button anyway.... and the reverser while looks more like Boeing,is button rather than axis, which may be earlier to set, but you can't set reverser proportionally Edited May 20, 20224 yr by C2615
May 25, 20224 yr Moderator On 5/11/2022 at 1:51 PM, clocki said: I thinking about throttle to better use on my airplanes. Using the build in throttle in my old Saitek Joystick is not that good for planes without auto throttle. Sadly the Honeycomb is a bit too big, their Tango Foxtrott is not processing and no news on it (llok on the FSElite link). Fulcrum have just announced their new throttle quadrant. 6 levers so it can handle 4 engine aircraft. Same size as two Saitek quadrants together so much smaller than the Honeycomb. Magnetic sensors instead of pots so it will never wear out. More info on the support forum here at AvSim. Ray (Cheshire, England). System: P3D v5.3HF2, Intel i9-13900K, MSI 4090 GAMING X TRIO 24G, Crucial T700 4Tb M.2 SSD, Asus ROG Maximus Z790 Hero, 32Gb Corsair Vengeance DDR5 6000Mhz RAM, Win 11 Pro 64-bit, BenQ PD3200U 32” UHD monitor, Fulcrum One yoke, Fulcrum Throttle Quadrant. Cheadle Hulme Weather website.
May 25, 20224 yr 33 minutes ago, Ray Proudfoot said: Fulcrum have just announced their new throttle quadrant. 6 levers so it can handle 4 engine aircraft. Same size as two Saitek quadrants together so much smaller than the Honeycomb. Magnetic sensors instead of pots so it will never wear out. More info on the support forum here at AvSim. If I had a magic wand I would wish that Fulcrum could afford to bring out a budget range of similar quality. My only hope at the moment is to win the Lottery.🙁 Intel i7 6700K @4.3. 32gb Gskill 3200 RAM. Z170x Gigabyte m/b. 28" LG HD monitor. Win 10 Home. 500g Samsung 960 as Windows home. 1 Gb Mushkin SSD for P3D. GTX 1080 8gb.
May 25, 20224 yr Moderator 14 minutes ago, IanHarrison said: If I had a magic wand I would wish that Fulcrum could afford to bring out a budget range of similar quality. My only hope at the moment is to win the Lottery.🙁 Quality and budget are hard to satisfy. It’s inevitable that as the quality increases so will the price. It’s fair to say the Fulcrum One yoke is the budget equivalent of the Yoko in price. Half the price and equal or better in quality. There’s no equivalent with throttle quadrants sadly. The Honeycomb is better than the Saitek but the space requirements don’t make it attractive for many. Keep buying the tickets Ian. 👍 Ray (Cheshire, England). System: P3D v5.3HF2, Intel i9-13900K, MSI 4090 GAMING X TRIO 24G, Crucial T700 4Tb M.2 SSD, Asus ROG Maximus Z790 Hero, 32Gb Corsair Vengeance DDR5 6000Mhz RAM, Win 11 Pro 64-bit, BenQ PD3200U 32” UHD monitor, Fulcrum One yoke, Fulcrum Throttle Quadrant. Cheadle Hulme Weather website.
May 25, 20224 yr 1 hour ago, Ray Proudfoot said: Quality and budget are hard to satisfy. It’s inevitable that as the quality increases so will the price. It’s fair to say the Fulcrum One yoke is the budget equivalent of the Yoko in price. Half the price and equal or better in quality. There’s no equivalent with throttle quadrants sadly. The Honeycomb is better than the Saitek but the space requirements don’t make it attractive for many. Keep buying the tickets Ian. 👍 Or find the wand. Intel i7 6700K @4.3. 32gb Gskill 3200 RAM. Z170x Gigabyte m/b. 28" LG HD monitor. Win 10 Home. 500g Samsung 960 as Windows home. 1 Gb Mushkin SSD for P3D. GTX 1080 8gb.
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