After reading some of the posts here over the last few months I was very glad to see a new email from Chris.
As one of the early pre orders with my my first yoke had a failed plastic gear and after Chris resolving what the issue was I had a replacement. About 4 months later I contacted Chris about my yoke coming lose because the yoke mounting part was spreading apart and I put a hose clamp around it and prevent that. Some time later Chris had a replacement yoke mount that was much stronger and he then sent me a replacement yoke which is the one I use today.
With my history with Chris I will take him at his word and hope he can resolve any remaining issues over the coming months.