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Has anyone, anywhere in the world, received them?  

max

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11 minutes ago, HHAS67 said:

anywhere in the world, received them?  

Honeycomb Charlie Rudder pedals are still in Pre-Order phase, the first production expected to be available from March/April 2024.

5 hours ago, HHAS67 said:

Has anyone, anywhere in the world, received them?  

max

No, and unfortunately I am one of many who has lost my $399 (incl shipping fees) after foolishly putting my faith in this company and pre-ordering from them directly.

There are a number of threads on the official flightsimulator.com forums detailing the saga of Honeycomb since FSExpo:

https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/is-honeycomb-aeronautics-out-of-business/605220

https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/honeycomb-aeronautical-charlie-rudder-pedals/287062

The short version is that it appears Honeycomb is out of business. Their offices in San Diego have been vacated and boarded up and the unit is being listed for rental.
Emails are ignored, I have been trying for months to cancel my order without success. And after contacting my card issuer I am too far from purchase to dispute the charge now as full payment was taken at the time of order (Yes, that should have been an immediate red flag - more fool me), so I can no longer do a chargeback and it would seem all but certain that I've lost my money.

Been a bit surprised this hasn't been bigger news in the community as I'm sure there must have been many people who ordered direct from Honeycomb as well, and all those customers will also have lost their money, I'd be amazed if the sum taken from simmers is not in the region of tens of thousands of dollars if not more.
Absolutely disgraceful company, they have not uttered a word since 7th August 2023 when we were sent this email:

"I can confirm we have been working hard behind the scenes to get everything back on track. To that end, in order to ensure everything possible is being done in the most timely manner, I am personally travelling to the production factory push the production team into high gear and get the Charlie's rolling off the line as soon as possible. I can confirm the tooling is ready to go as are the workforce, we just need to ensure that the final components are correct and we not downgrading the quality of the product before we can give the go ahead to start the production line.

As I mentioned at the Expo, I would rather face a delay than sell products that contain sub-par components and leave you disappointed with our controls.

As soon as I have more news, I will be sure to pass this along to you, and with luck, it will be positive."

Not a peep from them since. If anyone thinks they are getting a set of Charlie pedals in 2/3 months I've got a bridge in London to sell you.

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This is disappointing. I've had their yoke for a couple years now and its still working just as good as the day i got it. I was looking forward to trying their rudder pedals as I'm sure they would've brought that quality over with them too. I was very tempted to pre-order before Christmas, definitely glad i didn't now!  

 

 

 

Wow, just received an email from them touting their rudder pedals.

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On 1/26/2024 at 11:41 AM, polosim said:

Honeycomb Charlie Rudder pedals are still in Pre-Order phase, the first production expected to be available from March/April 2024.

How do you know this?

38 minutes ago, HHAS67 said:

How do you know this?

The Mar-Apr 2024 production date estimate is obsolete--see two posts up for a link to a current discussion of Honeycomb's now-precarious position as a going concern.

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1 hour ago, HHAS67 said:

How do you know this?

https://www.aerosoft.com/en/shop/flight/hardware/pedals/3717/honeycomb-charlie-rudder-pedals
 

But as @Bob Scott says the latest statements of the CEO of HoneyComb Aeronautical show the opposite, I regret it for those who have pending orders with this company, I hope they manage to resolve in a satisfactory way for everyone.

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7 minutes ago, polosim said:

https://www.aerosoft.com/en/shop/flight/hardware/pedals/3717/honeycomb-charlie-rudder-pedals
 

But as @Bob Scott says the latest statements of the CEO of HoneyComb Aeronautical show the opposite, I regret it for those who have pending orders with this company, I hope they manage to resolve in a satisfactory way for everyone.

Right.  I knew  my money was lost 3 months ago.  Was just wondering why you were repeating Honeycomb's line... Makes me wonder why Aerosoft is still pushing the Charlies.

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