Honeycomb Bravo Trim Wheel, Best Fix?

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I recently sold my Velocity One Yolk and bought a Honeycomb setup. The default trim wheel on the Bravo leaves much to be desired, especially when compared to the Velocity One.

I’ve seen several methods and most require more than one piece of software which I’m not crazy about.

What I want is the solution that involves the least amount of software and messing around once it is setup. I want to avoid having to remember to start a service or open software before starting the sim if at all possible, even if the initial setup takes a little longer.

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Still the best option out there.

Note that it’s actually available on flightsim.to now and comes with everything you need.

This was written at a time when it was first launched.

https://flightsim.to/file/27114/authentikit-tuning-app-for-trim-wheel-sensitivity-and-more

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I’m using this with 2024.

The only frustration is vJoy and Tobii don’t play nicely together. I have to manually select my custom Tobii profile every time I launch the sim.

Other than that, it all works great in 2024!

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The BRAVO trim wheel should be mapped as follows:

Button 22 (nose down) → ELEVATOR TRIM (NOSE DOWN)
Button 23 (nose up) → ELEVATOR TRIM (NOSE UP)

The wheel works fine when set up like this. No need for add on software.

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Not for me. If you spin the wheel fast for a rapid large change in trim you get a small change, if I spin it very slow and consistent I get more change. Then trying to fine tune trim is very difficult.

Using SimTrim to emulate it on an axis rather than a button press it works mostly as it should. Rather than set it up the way you describe I’d sooner bind trim to an actual button.

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Give this a try, I use it and it works rather well.
https://flightsim.to/discover/simtrim
and here’s a tutorial

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I really want Simtrim to work for me, but I note it “skips” input with a randomness that I do not see with the vJoy/Authentikit solution.

Basically, when I move the trim wheel with a steady cadence, I can see the input in Simtrim missing inputs and the input indication turns on/off inconsistently.

It’s such a nice and clean solution and I love the trim sync, but I need the trim to be a steady, fluid input.

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I had to make several adjustments to the input figures before I got it right.
Keep trying it is good with it, it is good

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Ok, I will give it another go!

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I have button 22 set at -0.0008 and button 23 set at 0.0008. This work good for me

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This is the way! The drawback is that the trim set as axis can do … things … when you for example move the trim after letting the AP handle it. The trim position and axis isn’t synched.

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Correct, unfortunately nothing can be done about that.

After disconnecting I move it right away and get synched back up.

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Quite annoying with planes like BAe146, but still far better than the useless regular variant.

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Hey guys, i had the same issue with my trim wheel. It would only randomly register when turned the wheel slowly and not at all when i spun it fast. It was very flakey.

I now have it working perfectly without having to use any software.

It’s a hardware issue. You need to pull it apart and locate the rotating switch that is used for trim. Looks a bit like a large trim-pot. Mine was covered in grease and the grease had worked its way inside the switch and was all over the contacts. Once i removed all the excess grease i put it back together and it now works perfectly no matter how fast you spin it. 22 and 23 should stay on when you spin it fast. If it doesn’t you may have the same issue. Should be covered by warranty too.

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I tried this with the honeycomb bravo LITE, because I was having very similar issues. Retuning the wheel to pretend to be an axis is quite ineffective when the wheel itself drops inputs constantly. In particular it seems to have a massive dead zone on one half of the rotation

However, this did NOT work for me. Accessing the internals was relatively easy, and I managed to take the wheel completely apart (it’s housed partially inside on the LITE). There was no grease anywhere that I could access, let alone excess grease. I put it back together fine after reseating all the connections just in case and there was no change in functionality.

I can only conclude that the sensor they used for this just kind of sucks.

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I have yet to see what Aircraft anyone is referring to in this thread. I have had the Bravo for several years with no issues with the trim wheel. I pretty much solely by fly the PMDG 738 and have it bound to a switch my yoke. Works 100 % of the time. Is the issue with manually using it? Again… what aircraft and what method of use…