February 16, 20233 yr Hello, I have recently bought the HoneyComb Bravo Throttle. It is great but as I understand it is "tricky" to setup buttons using default control menu within the Simulator. I have noticed that you can "skip" this using external software, such as Spad.Next and Axis and Ohs. My question is which software is better, more user friendly? What I would like to achieve is: - Buy software - download ready presets for my aircrafts (PMDG 737, BAE-146, MD-82 and CRJ) - apply presets and fly without faffing around What would be my best choice in that case?
February 16, 20233 yr From my experience you might be able to do that (plug and play) with the small planes (172, arrow etc) but anything with an airliner is going to be tough sledding without either using spad/AAO or really getting deep into the control menu within MSFS. In order to fully utilize the hardware of the bravo, you're going to have to spend some time customizing it unfortunately. However, there are plenty of videos that show for example, how to set up the bravo TQ for the pmdg 737, and there are plenty of videos showing how to use spad.next as well. At times you will ponder if you are doing more button programming that flying, but once you get it done, it is well worth it.
February 16, 20233 yr Author Thank you mike. Appreciate it. I understand that, thats wy I am wondering if there are presets available for download for specific aircraft types
February 16, 20233 yr I haven't tried Axes and Ohs despite the excellent name, but I can say that Spad.next is pretty great. There's a guy who's been creating downloadable profiles for the Bravo that are really good. He even figured out how to get the thrust reversers/beta range to work well which I always struggled with in the default MSFS settings. It also has snippets, which lets you download just a specific action for a specific input without having to redo the whole profile, which comes in handy for the few planes that don't have an online profile already made. With most planes, all you have to do is download the appropriate profile, occasionally calibrate the axis ranges, and then save the profile so you don't lose it when you switch planes. Very little fussing about. Ryzen 7 7800X3D/B650 X AX | 5090 | 32gig | Win10 | Pimax Crystal Light
February 16, 20233 yr Author Thats the answer I was looking for. I think SPAD.next is the way to go then! Thank you
February 17, 20233 yr Might seem blasphemous, but I've always used Bravo with no 3rd party software and find it quite easy to use to configure Bravo for anything with the MSFS options setting. Also, there are many great Youtube videos about configuring the Bravo, including those from Mark at Simhanger and of course the seminal videos from Rmag. Edited February 17, 20233 yr by James Callan typo
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