Great video, thank you for taking the time to analyze the unit and post this, it makes a lot more sense than taking the whole thing apart to access the bungee cords.
Very good cautionary points that you made regarding the possible misalignment of the USB port connection if the back-plate is shifted for any reason. I just need to treat my electronics with some Deoxit because I'm getting jitter and having some re-centering issues with the X-axis. I wanted to confirm that the only screws to remove in order to gain access to the electronics were those 8. Thanks, Rich
Good, very informative. I really appreciated the video, thank you. I now understand also why I have a little extra (unwanted) vertical play in the yoke shaft, I didn’t picture that it was built this way. Oh, and I call them captive nuts…could be what you were referring too? I also liked “sorry, no scripts” right at the end.
Unfortunately in my version they reversed the screws that hold the pitch bungee - they are now fixed from below … you only see the dead end of them and you need to disassemble the whole thing to unscrew them. This piece of hardware is such a crap and buying in on the hype was such a mistake … the pitch forces may be ok for ga - which I doubt from limited experience with a C 172 - but for airliners it is nothing but frustrating.
I think you just have to experiment, about to explore it myself too on my XPC version. I'm guessing thinner chord so it'll need packing out where they are clamped as the clamps are designed for a thicker chord.
Great video, thank you for taking the time to analyze the unit and post this, it makes a lot more sense than taking the whole thing apart to access the bungee cords.
Very good cautionary points that you made regarding the possible misalignment of the USB port connection if the back-plate is shifted for any reason. I just need to treat my electronics with some Deoxit because I'm getting jitter and having some re-centering issues with the X-axis. I wanted to confirm that the only screws to remove in order to gain access to the electronics were those 8.
Thanks,
Rich
Good, very informative. I really appreciated the video, thank you. I now understand also why I have a little extra (unwanted) vertical play in the yoke shaft, I didn’t picture that it was built this way. Oh, and I call them captive nuts…could be what you were referring too? I also liked “sorry, no scripts” right at the end.
Very very good thank you!
Unfortunately in my version they reversed the screws that hold the pitch bungee - they are now fixed from below … you only see the dead end of them and you need to disassemble the whole thing to unscrew them. This piece of hardware is such a crap and buying in on the hype was such a mistake … the pitch forces may be ok for ga - which I doubt from limited experience with a C 172 - but for airliners it is nothing but frustrating.
If this is for bungee cord replacement, where do you get the cords from? They are not shown on the Honeycomb website.
Good point
I think you just have to experiment, about to explore it myself too on my XPC version. I'm guessing thinner chord so it'll need packing out where they are clamped as the clamps are designed for a thicker chord.