Hi, I’m trying to set buttons for idle reverse on my Honeycomb TQ without any software.
and? it works
Mine is set up so raising the reverse levers activates reverse, but I have to push the throttles forward to increase it above idle. Not realistic but at least I have the ability to keep it in idle or increase it.
I’m not at the computer I use for flight simming at the moment, but if you are interested there’s a youtube video by simhanger showing how to set it up this way.
EDIT: just saw that you are already using a simhanger video. It’s possible I used an older video of his that was not specific to the PMDG 737.
I actually need to nudge the throttles forward from idle a bit after engaging reverse in order for it to work and do the same after disengaging to get reverse to stow.
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Thank you, I don’t know why you have to phsh your throttles forward, I still don’t understand it.. You push them up the get full reverse? But I don’t know how to set up reverse idle. Are you able to show your settings?
Forgive my ignorence, but I thought that’s how it worked IRL?
The pilot pulls the throttles back to idle, lifts the reverser levers (which the Bravo has on the commercial handles) then pushes the throttles forward to increase the reverse thrust.
Hi,
IRL the pilot pulls on the reverse levers to move the thrust reversers into the reverse position. This is idle reverse thrust. If more reverse thrust is needed, the pilot continues to pull the reverse levers further back past a detent to increase reverse thrust. He NEVER pushes the throttles forward to increase reverse thrust. In fact the thrust levers are mechanically locked in the idle position during reverser operation to prevent moving the throttles forward.
On the HC Bravo this is not modeled and I don’t know of any sim hardware capable of doing this.
I have my reverse levers of the Bravo mapped to “Decrease thrust” 1 and 2 respectively which gives me full reverse for each engine.
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Thanks for the education. It would be nice to have a TQ that had multiple axes on the same lever so you could map variable reverse thrust by pulling the handle backwards past a center detent, similar to real life.
There are a lot of planes in the sim that have reversers, and I think an enterprising company could make money with one of those.
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Can this possible be inverted?
Not sure what you are asking. Is something not clear from the screenshots?
I’ve tried it, but as you said you move the throttles up. Can you they not be set to go down?
So mine work as follows:
You engage the reversers with throttles at idle (because that is the only throttle position you would do this with in real life).
You then need to advance the throttles just slightly to get the REV lights to indicate that the reversers are active (consider this a bug with the Honeycomb Bravo I guess).
You can further advance the throttles if you need more than idle reverse thrust and reduce them back to idle as necessary.
After disengaging the reversers, the throttles again need to be moved just slightly for the disengagment to actually occur (as indicated by the REV lights extinguishing).
Hope this is helpful and answers your question.
The Honeycommv Throttle Quadrant is capable in doing so, it’s just needs to be mapped in the settings (if possible).
Hi,
I think that you may have misunderstood what I tried to say. The little reverser levers, which are attached on the Bravo thust levers can only operate a switch, not an axis. Therefore if you pull those little reverse levers back you can only activate the reversers, but you cannot modulate the amount of reverse thrust as IRL.
And like IRL, I would never push the THRUST LEVERS forward to regulate reverse thrust.
I have mine mapped to throttle decrease and throttle cut (on release) but this only makes the reverse full reverse. Not sure there is a way to modulate it
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Correct. On the Honeycomb Throttle Quadrant there is another button to get full reverse, as shown in the picture. ( Red Zone )
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The only ‘problem’ I’ve had with SPAD in the three years I’ve been using it is that I end up spending 10 hours programming for every hour of flight time.
I happen to enjoy that process. It’s a tool to help me achieve my goal of ‘No Mouse’ flight.
Many folks don’t want to invest the time and effort, and that’s understandable.
SPAD is awesome - if you enjoy the process.
I’ve just looked at the picture you posted.
I didn’t realize you were using Honeycomb’s “General Aviation” handle set up rather than the “Commercial” one.
With the GA handles, the reverse bindings will be different numbers than the ones shown in my screen shot. However, if I remember correctly (from doing my turboprop config), they still act as buttons rather than an axis… so no thrust modulation capability.