Are there anyone out there that have slightly more info or acces to info about the Honeycomb bravo throttle.
Supposed to go into production next week. Will that happen? Have anyone actually had their hands on a early version? If so how well does the trim wheel work?
Reson ofcause being that I have one on order from a somewhat confused retailer who aledgetetly could deliver 7. October, 3 weeks before production starts.
I am supposedly one of the ones that get from the first shipment but when this arrives are anyones guess.
The trim wheel is the main attraction for me so far, though transitioning to airliners when they become mature could change that.
Thanks a lot. Already seen it announced on YouTube.
Looking forward to that.
Next issue, will shipments be made via air or sea I wonder. 4-5 weeks difference.
Just read the thread below from Aviator 2050x on the subject of AP strange behaviour. Makes me slightly worried about the Honeycomb trim wheel.
“I use a Cessna Trim Wheel. Next time I will investigate if it is the root cause of the problem.
I noticed that the Cessna trim wheel setting is not being synchronized with the settings the AP sets the trim wheel in the airplane. It is fine while the AP is flying the airplane, but the moment I disengage the AP, it reads the last manually set trim wheel setting and the airplane aggressively pitches to that trim setting.
If that is the case, the solution would be simple, just keep the simulator trim wheel setting and the physical trim device in sync.
When the AP moves the simulator trim, it cannot move my controller. In real airplane the autopilot physically moves the trim wheel, but my trim wheel control has no actuators to do it. So any time the AP moves the simulator trim, it also must update the physical trim control in sync.”
So far I have used the two trim knobs on the Honeycomb yoke with great success and absolutely no trim issues at all. Ofcause the “electric” trim have no problems being in sync with trim wheel in the simulated plane…but I wonder how Honeycomb are going to assure that the physical trim wheel are in sync with the plane switching in and out of AP mode.
Certainly hope it is only me being unnecessarily worried.
I use a Logitech wheel for driving simulators as my trim wheel, and experience the same thing. It has to do with the facts posted above. Without a motor to move the wheel, the two can’t be in sync unless MS/Asobo change what happens when you first move the wheel.
Interestingly, my wheel does have motors/FFB which can turn the motor to any rotation specified by software, but since Asobo hasn’t implemented support for that, it can’t happen.
I’m in the first week of Honeycomb Bravo orders, so hopefully I’ll know sooner or later what the trim wheel is like. I highly doubt it has a motor, and instead is just an analog input.
Honeycomb said on their FB page that pre-orders will ship via air freight
“Air freight on pre-orders. Ocean freight on the rest.”
couple simmer have video on youtube, but no review at this time due to bring under a NDA. do a search bravo throttle you sure find the video however one of video shows how lever work. checkout it out.
Per their website today:
Bravo Throttle Quadrant Production Update:
Unfortunately, we received news from our factory today letting us know of a minor issue in production. The issue has been addressed and rectified. However, that did cause a delay in the schedule.
With that being said, our updated production schedule has Week 1 production completed on November 23rd 2020. All other production weeks will follow suit. We will be providing a shipping schedule as soon as all information has been reconfirmed.
All pre-orders made on our website will be shipped directly from our Hong Kong Office to ensure you receive the Bravo as quickly as possible. Typical shipping time is 3-7 days depending on the region.
For any customers who have placed pre-orders, do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions with regards to your order.
We will follow up later this week to keep everyone notified and informed. Once again, we sincerely apologize for this delay. Our main priority is always to ensure that we deliver a product we are proud of.
-Honeycomb