Autopilot Tutorial for Honeycomb Bravo Throttle Quadrant in MSFS 2020.
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- Опубликовано: 20 окт 2024
- This video provides a full tutorial on the Honeycomb Bravo Throttle Quadrant's Autopilot including:
1. Comparing to a real Garmin autopilot.
2. Detailed Explanation of each autopilot function.
3. A flight to demonstrate each autopilot function that was taught.
I'm just getting into Microsoft Flight Simulator and I just bought the Honeycomb Throttle Quadrant and Yoke. I am so glad I found your videos. Thank you.
I just received my new honeycomb yoke and throttle this week. I’ve been doing a ton of research and it’s amazing how two different content creators directed me back to your content. I see why, and thanks for the insights. Concise and in laymen’s terms. +1 new subscriber
HOW did I not find you before now!??? Your stuff has been AMAZINGLY helpful. Thank you so much.
It’s about time they fixed the supply issue. Been waiting months for mine to arrive!!
Ordered it in November supposedly it will be here in April 😂
Kudos! So far I have not found a better explanation in as few words as yours.
Just stumbled across your Honeycomb videos. GREAT stuff! THANK YOU!! SUBBED!
Thank you so much for explaining the new Honeycomp. I fly since two weeks with them and I dowesn`t now the IAS function was the same as FLC. Thanks so lot. Greetings from Gemrnay
Wow! Just wow. I'm waiting for my Honeycomb Bravo Throttle to arrive sometime after 15 Jan (was supposed to be 27 Nov, then 22 Dec ......!) and then I found your channel with all this helpful information, fixes and tutorials. Thank you so much! Instant sub.
Yep, I feel you. But, look on the bright side. Maybe some of the glitches will be worked out by the time it reaches Australian shores.
Happy New Year Rmag. An excellent tutorial, thank you.
Great video. Thank you. Purchased my yoke 5 months ago and ordered the throttle at the same time and still waiting lol. ETA 1 more month. Can't wait to get my hands on it.. Happy flying..
I cannot wait for Asobo to fix the issue with the “always on” switches. Not having the granularity for heading/course/altitude is a giant pain. My workaround was to unbind all of the switches on the Alpha. Looks like I’ll have to do the same when I get the Bravo.
Agreed, from a users perspective the Alpha Trim is a right balls up, which 'might?' be repeated with the Bravo. 5 months waiting to get one from Amazon UK and still waiting.......
@@Jestey6 Im still waiting too and pre ordered in august. It got delayed 3 times and now the status is "no expected date we will let you know when we have an update" :(
Outstanding video! I have the HBTQ on order from Adorama, and your tutorial just makes me want it to get here already. Thanks! I will be stealing your toggle switch assignments ;^) .
Replaced flashlight with fuel pump since these videos
@@RMAG I have been struggling with the bindings for the Ignition and Starter functions in the Grand Caravan. Would love some tips.
I thought I'd accidentally chose a Jordan Peterson vid then, you sound so much like him... I needed this info and it sounds like I'm in one of his lectures - Bonus!
I think the honeycombs allocation is great. It might not be for a panel based propeller but for modern day small jet flyer it looks spot on.
I notice at times I get only course adjustment with the right hand knob... 1,000 ft and not 100 ft for example... is there some clue you can give me for that ?
Seems intermitent since most of the time the amount of change seems to be tied to how fast you turn the knob.
What's funny is I have been using this throttle quadrant at home and love it, but yesterday jumped in the Piper Lance to fly to Dallas and it has this exact autopilot and it took me a minute not to try to be reaching for my bravo quadrant. But yes in our real plane it is pretty close to the Bravo. The blue level button is also really cool. If you were to get disoriented in clouds, night , ect, just hit it and it WILL level your plane back out.
That is correct. If you want to see it in action I demo the blue button toward the end of this video: ruclips.net/video/jLB14taE_tY/видео.html
Yea, I am a Pilot and fly multiple planes. The plane I flew yesterday had that same autopilot and we had messed with the lvl button and it is actually pretty smooth. I just saw your video and same setup, also love the GTN750, those are so user friendly. Good videos! @@RMAG
Thank you once again for the excellent tutorial for bravo throttle.
very nice guide- Will apply this to my new Bravo this weekend!
I have just bought mine. I'm looking forward to this upgrade :D
Outstanding video!!!! Very concise and to the point. Thanks
Great explanation! Look forward to trying out these tips!
Nice video. My Bravo is scheduled to arrive in early February from Sporty's. Although I'll believe it once I see the box on the porch lol... But either way, and sooner or later, it IS coming, hopefully I can use your videos to get a headstart on setting it up and using it before it even gets here.
Great video!!! You have helped me get 75% there; however CAS and IAS still elude me. Re-watching your video, I think I am forgetting to hit the IAS button first then dial it in.
How can I select altitude changes in 100' increments. Seems like changes are only by 1000' . thanks!!
Did you ever find a solution? I’m also having this problem.
@@samgassaway434 no....have not.
@@samgassaway434 look here ruclips.net/user/Rmagcommunity
If you move the dial slowly it will change by values of 100.
@@SeezSantos not reliably. its annoying as hell. and i just found out that after you pan around in the cockpit using the right mouse button, it briefly works again. then it jumps back to jumps of 1000
Hi, I setup the TBM 930 and works great. I now setup the Cessna Citation Longitude which uses C 3000 same as the TBM 930. I have issue to setup the auto Throttle. DO you have any recommendation. There seems to be a conflict when using the minus bug. When I reduce the altitude the auto throttle speed reduces at the same time like I am using the knob to reduce the airspeed. Can you help?
Fantastic video, for which very many thanks. I've no doubt it will be indispensable if I ever get the Bravo.
I pre-ordered from Amazon UK over 5 months ago and they've now given up even suggesting a date. I accept the current 'situation' may well be contributing to delays, but it's still very frustrating.
You should have gotten your Bravo by now. I got mine October last year (20), also from Amazon, shipped from France of all places.
@@PeterMaddison2483 Hi Peter. Thanks for the reply, in the end Amazon admitted they had no idea when, or even if, they would ever be able to supply. So I cancelled the order and ordered from Aerosoft in Germany. After some delay I received it in May, I’m still trying to set it up for different aircraft, but it does make flying, trim etc a whole lot easier. Cheers Noel
@@Jestey6 When did you order it, I ordered mine 28 Oct and got it before the expected date of 1 Nov, I think it actually came in half the time.
Thanks for the quality of your explanations.
As a real pilot, what is your opinion on the honeycomb alpha yoke ?
Great info. Now if I could only get myself a Bravo (love my Alpha). 😉
Greetings, I have X Plane 11 and I use the Autopilot of the Honeycomb Bravo, can I use this Realsimgear GFC-500, while still using the Honeycomb's power levers and disable the honeycomb autopilot? thanks.
I’ve watched I think all four of your videos in this series on the Bravo - EXCELLENT for my knowledge increase. Thank you. two questions. 1 - how do you set your parking break (mine seems to toggle on / off / on / off so I’ve done it incorrectly) and 2 - can you say more about yaw damper? Should it be on all the time the AP is engaged up until approach mode?
You want to make sure you bind the switch to SET PARKING BRAKE, not TOGGLE PARKING BRAKES. The Sim normally starts with the parking brake engaged, so if you start with the switch in the off position you may need to flip it to on then back off the first time you use it. A Yaw Damper is not to be used during takeoff or landing.
@@RMAG thank you again!! I have tried but not successfully gotten cabin lights to work on the C172 (non g1000 version). Any help on how to set up internal lights correctly on the bravo ?
@@JCrowe they don’t lend themselves to be bound to an flip switch. They are dimmer knobs for glare shield and radio lights. Best to just use the knobs in game for that.
@@RMAG There seems to be a lot of simmers struggling with these functions, and also lots of lessons learned. Maybe a topic for a future episode?
Hallo, does the honey bravo autopilot works with CJ4 and Cessna longitude? Wonderful tutorial
When the "anti ice" alarm is flashing, it deconnect with "pitot heat" and the anti ice switch doesnt do anything... normal?
This is the best tutorial! Thanks for doing this.
I either missed it, or you didn't say how to setup the Approach mode. Did you just hit the button while the AP was engaged? Or, is there more to it?
@@GuitarPlayer_Kinda you just hit the APR button. Of course you actually have to have an approach selected in your GPS for it to work though.
Great Video, Just got my bravo, set it all up as per your Video's. Thank you so much. One question, Did you get the Degrees to move 1 degree at the time instead of 10 degrees? If so, How is that bug fixed? Thank you again.
Thank you so much! Your video is most helpful.
Great tutorial that is much appreciated. Quick question that I could not find searching the net. What would be the logical binding for the course knob? I cannot find anything in the AP that makes definitive sense.
Being as the throttles basically cover the switches on the bravo, how do you more easily flip those switches mid flight?
Got mine, finally. Thanks for the videos.
Rmag, I tried to bend the AP button on the throttle panel and it does not engage the AP in the TBM, I can even manual select the AP in the 930 and it still does not engage, any ideals?
Great tutorial. 😀
Your work is greatly appreciated !!!
At the A320 neo the Nav Button comes up when i push it and hold NAV /FMC Flightplan. But when i no more push the Nav Button it switch back to HDG. Have you any Idear?
Nice I loved this thorough overview! When will you need to disable a yaw damper in a real life scenario ?
Takeoff and Landing.
You mention the "togo" button brings up the magenta lines. Does this make it the same as or connected to the FD (flight director ?) button?
Is the default togo binding as it should be or have you changed that binding?
There is no flight director button on this auto pilot. All the flight director button does on a real auto pilot is turn them on. It does not set them to go around/takeoff pitch attitude. It is the default binding.
@Rmag Did you have any issues mapping your Yaw Damper. I followed your setup the same way but the YD doesnt work in any plane. I think theres a conflict I can't find.
Sounds like it was a bug in FS2020, and was just fixed in the update that was just released
Great video, thank you for sharing this!
Now we need somebody to to this for X-Plane. Gee I didn't even notice until now this was Rmags' video.
Great informative videos. Just curious but what did you use to make your throttle switches labels?
This: www.amazon.com/Brady-BMP21-PLUS-Handheld-Printer-Multi-Line/dp/B00IELD1O4?ref_=ast_sto_dp
I read the comments before asking. What would be a choice to implement the FD on and off button? I like to have the option of turning it off manually. Unless I am doing it wrong, turn off auto pilot and FD stays active.
There is a keyboard shortcut I think it is control or shift F. I re-purposed my “REV” button to do this.
Great job with the recent videos for the Bravo TQ, Anyone know how to adjust increase/decrease knob for increments? On the C152 heading bug moves 1degree at a time taking forever to move around the dial, C172 moves in 10 degrees making for less precision.. wish there was a fast turn and slow turn to change increments.
Also, any way to map increase/decrease to GPS ?
Thanks again, I subbed, will want to follow your Great advice!
Which setting did you use to bind the CRS bug for VOR? I cant figure out from all the available settings for Autopilot
CRS knob is Button 18 bound to "VOR OBS" The decrease/increase knob is button 14 & button 13 is bound to "PLUS" and "MINUS"
@@RMAG Thank you
Thanks. Good film. I'm waiting for my Bravo. I have a question, can the ALT setting only be set in 1000ft increments ??? And what if we want to fly at an altitude of 3500ft ???
There is a well known bug that makes the adjustments x10. Heading bug moves 10° too. Asobo needs to fix it. What I do is use the real knob for macro changes and the virtual knob for micro changes.
@@RMAG Yes, quite a strange "feature". If you ask me, this "bug" is too big to go unattended for so long, in other words, it's intentional. I guess we all use the 10 degree heading bug increments and hit the HDG-set-to-current when we hit the right single digit heading. Thoughts?
@@georgesiebes in some respects I like the larger adjustments. With my game when first loads in, it has the small adjustments, but it reverts to the large adjustments as soon as I hit ESC and bring up the menu. It’s A LOT of twisting to turn 180° or to set an IAS by 1’s instead of 10’s. With Altitude it’s normally thousands or maybe thousands plus 500. If I’m looking for a specific altitude I’ll set for the nearest 1,000 past the target and just hit ALT at my target. The knobs are workable. I would prefer a switch so we could toggle between large or small adjustments.
@@RMAG Could one of the programmable buttons be set to do that? I think a better solution would be to base it on speed, and I'd hate to waste a button on that, but it might at least be an interim fix until someone figures out the speed idea, or something I haven't thought of. A push button knob would be best, but that's not something that can be fixed with programming or firmware, it either exists or it doesn't.
@@RMAG yes, I noticed too that when you first start flying, the heading bug moves in 1 degree increments. So there might be a glimmer of hope that this is a "bug" after all. Real world should ultimately drive this functionality in the sim.
How did you get the label maker to line up the two lines so well? Can you show how you did that?
Great Video, I learn a lot! Thank You
Great video! I'd like to know of the A/P will auto level at a predetermined altitude when climbing/descending using the VS setting.
Yes it will stop an ascent or descent at whatever altitude you preset.
Thank you. I'll try that next chance I get. Also, do you recommend the Logitek autopilot, or can the included one with the Bravo do everything it can?
Would this work as smoothly with the more complex autopilot of say a boeing airliner ? I'm trying to see if this is worth a buy to use the AP panel with boeing airliners, or if it would be mroe frustrating than anything else.
Honestly, I don’t fly the airliners that much, I remember but it did have some quirks and didn’t work quite as well as the GA aircraft.
Can you please make a video on how to program all my honeycomb bravo autopilot buttons and knobs? I cant get it to work. Thank you!
Great tutorial, thank you for sharing your knowledge! I have a question a little off topic.. what type of label maker or method did you use to print the label above the rocker switches? Thanks again!
Label Maker www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00IELD1O4?psc=1&ref=ppx_pop_mob_b_asin_title
@@RMAG Thanks for the info!
Hey do you have full ist of your keybinds for the autopilot?
Thanks for this tutorial!
Can you make a complete tutorial in the G1000 of a complete flight plan and how to fly it?
Things always go wrong for me, usually because I haven't chosen or set the approach correctly!
or I'm way too high for the landing above the glideslope.
thanks in advance!
See this video: ruclips.net/video/4ce2vQRqTpc/видео.htmlsi=xemA2m74uwu-ZmZo
@@RMAG Thanks I will definitely do that 😄👍
It's never clear to me how to arm something vs engage something. You pushed the altitude hold button to immediately engage altitude hold, you also armed the glide slope. How do you arm the aforementioned without engaging them?
Some modes are instant engagement, some are armed some can be both depending on the situation. For example, Alt Hold is always instant if you press the button. So is HDG. VS and IAS is instant. Armed things are typically armed because you are not “there yet”. For example, you set an Altitude Preselect which is an altitude you are not at. You use a mode to ascend or descend to that altitude (IAS, VS, or PIT). Now Alt Hold is Armed. It won’t hold at the preselected altitude until you actually arrive at the altitude. NAV button can be either. If you are going direct to a Waypoint and you hit the NAV button, it will instantly enter GPS mode and take you to the waypoint, however, if you are on a heading, and you are going to intercept a leg of a flight plan and you hit NAV mode, GPS will be armed because you’re not actually on the GPS course yet. Same applies to APR mode. If you hit APR before you are on the approach, it will be armed. If you hit APR while on the approach the lateral portion would typically immediately engage, but the vertical portion is typically armed and needs to be intercepted. So basically, you just need to understand what you are doing when you put the auto pilot in a certain mode. Is it a present command or are you setting up for the future? That is the basic difference between immediate engagement versus arming.
@@RMAG Thank you for the explanation. It kind of makes more sense to me, I'll give it a shot in the simulator and see if I can figure it out.
great series of videos- thanks so much! I would like to make a label similar to yours- any recommendation for a good label maker?
Some sellers on Etsy are making magnetic labels that can be easily removed and a different one put on in its place, for if you have different switch settings for different aircraft. You just tell the seller what you want written on the magnetic label and they will create and send it to you.
Create the label in any design software and print on any inkjet or laser printer on plain paper. Cut strip with scissors and use clear scotch tape to hold on Bravo. I did mine on a Mac with Pages software and had white letters on black background which looks far better than black letters on white.
Do you plan on or do you have knowledge on the conig settings for auto pilot switches on X-plane 11 , can't seem to get the auto pilot switch to turn on or of , it will light up on the quadrant when i activate in the cockpit but not on the quadrant , cant seem to locate the proper setting for this ..
I have no knowledge of X plane 11. I play MSFS only.
Dear Rmag
Thanks for the video. I don't understand who is the manufacturer of the panel above, the one that disappears at 1.44 minutes, is it a panel that can be bought for fs2020? What brand is it?
Thanks for feed back.
I was comparing the Honeycomb Bravo autopilot to a real Autopilot. The one you are referring to is a Garmin GFC 500 autopilot which is an autopilot for real aircraft. It is not for MS 2020.
It doesn't look like your LEDs are working did you download the patch from the honeycomb website .
Not at the time of the video recording. I have them now.
Hey bud I love your tutorials for the bravo but have a question? Do you have have one for the switches under the auto pilot like how you have your brake and yaw damper
When I get some time I’ll do one on this. Essentially I “Search by Name” the function I’m looking for, and then bind the switch I want to the function.
@@RMAG Thanks bud I cant seem to figure it out your video's are the best got my flight controls operating as they should.
@@peterdevries3651 I’m almost done editing the switch video. Should be up soon
@@RMAG thank you so much man your videos really showed me a lot
Here you go: ruclips.net/video/j94a1g-mYkE/видео.html
Have you tried this with CJ4? It seems if i click autopilot like Nav mode it wont follow the course. And if i click nav mode on screen the heading light lights up on bravo panel. It seems the heading and nav buttons on bravo is not working or synchronize with the cj4?
HDG and NAV worked for me. FLC/IAS was the only thing that appeared not to work for me.
@@RMAG really? that's on CJ4 right? mine is broken. how did you fix it or what is your button config? everytime I push NAV it will light up but wont activate. I need to press it manually on screen.
Excellent video. Honeycomb looks to be the yoke and throttle system for me. I'm just starting out with a home sim. Next will be which computer to get.
I now have the Honeycomb quadrant. It's nice. On this video I saw that you assigned the switches functions. How do you do that?
Fast forward to now, I have the honey comb alpha and bravo. Thanks for the lesson as I wasn't sure of the command bar set up.
How did you switch from heading (pink line) to Nav course (green line)?
Heading is not pink line. Magenta and Green are both NAV sources. Magenta is GPS, Green is VOR/ILS. Toggle CDI.
I got a Bravo, but I'm still 3D Printing a GFC500 for use with FS2020.
Thank you so much, very informative video.
Thank you for this, but if i set one of my toggle switches to "toggle parking brake", in the sim the brake constantly switches back and forth a thousand times a second until I clear the setting. Is there something i'm missing on how to program these toggles to do momentary switch selections?
You need to bind to Set Parking Brake not Toggle Parking Brakes. When the SIM starts parking brakes are normally on so you might have to toggle it on and off just once.
@@RMAG also, for fixed wheel GA aircraft, try mapping the "Set PB" function to your Landing Gear lever instead, I found it works great.
Rma can you help me troubleshoot a problem with my TBM 930 AUTOPILOT ILS ISSUE?
the autopilot ILS approach mode does not engage, when I press the approach bottom on your quadrant the plane is at a 45-degree angle and when intercept the correct final heading on the ILS approach mode the heading light stays on it does not switch to approach mode and the continues straight
it does not intercept the final course and also does not intercept the glide slop it does not switch to approach also it does not intercept the localizer
I trouble to troubleshot this problem by disconnecting the Honeycomb Bravo Throttle Quadrant and honeycomb joke and switched back to my old joke and it worked fine
I just purchased the joke and the quadrant
please help I am a commercial pilot and I am very annoyed by this
thanks in advance for your help
Capitan
tony
Tony:
Looks like another bug. When in HDG mode it will not intercept the Localizer or GPS horizontal nav on an RNAV approach. I found that if right before the Localizer intercept, if you tap "NAV" it will capture the Localizer. Then re-engage the APR mode and the Glideslope captures okay. Yeah its not exactly right, but you get it to work. I am using the Garmin G1000 NXi update. I did not try on the original G1000 mode.
anybody knows how to increas the indc/decr knob speed ingame?CDI and HDG bug move so slow, it drives me crazy
You should think about linking the videos you make reference to, that you would like us to review.
How do you resolve the 10 degree issue of the heading bug? When you turn the heading knob, the heading jumps 10 degrees to left or right, instead of 1 degree.
It’s well known bug in MSFS. It has to be fixed by Asobo. Alternatively you can use a third party program to do the keybinds, or you can unbind all your switches including the Alpha yoke. Or just wait for them to fix it. I use the knobs for macro changes and then the virtual knobs in the sim for the micro changes.
@@RMAG Thanks for sharing your workaround! Yes, I have unbound the toggle switches for now, as well as the selector knob (on the left). My workaround to use the plus/minus knob (right one) of the autopilot is that I have bound the AP mode buttons to two functions. E.g.: HDG enables the heading mode, and also selects the heading bug. Then I can use the plus/minus knob to turn the heading bug. It needs a bit of getting used to.
One more thing, how do you use the virtual knob for micro changes? Because for me, even the virtual knob moves in 10 degree intervals, when the toggle switches are bound to something.
Thank you for sharing your Honeycomb knowledge with us. have you found or adjusted some more details? if so, could you share the news with us? 👍🏻
my CRS not working , any idea?
Is the bug fixed now?
What are about the VNAV button on the real autopilot? How to you replicate the VNAV button on the Honeycomb?
You don’t. VNAV is a higher end feature with this real Autopilot it only works with a Garmin Navigator that supports VNAV. It’s not in the simulator at this time. In real life it’s a nicety not a necessity.
That's another awesome video! You definitely deserve more subscribers.. My unit should get here in few days but from what I can see there is no back illumination on those Auto Panel buttons so basically you can't really see what is engaged at a given time unless you take a look at the 3d cockpit... I am bit disappointed by this and maybe I'll keep my Saitek unit for Autopilot features
There is drivers out there from Aerosoft that will enable the lights if you don’t want to wait. There are some RUclips videos on how to do it. However the Honeycomb website said the lights will be enabled in MSFS in a future update so I am just waiting for that so I don’t cause any conflicts. I look at my in game annunciators to see what is active.
Actually Honeycomb just posted the drivers on their website. So installed them now.
@@RMAGThank you very much appreciated! At this point I can sell most of my Saitek panels as this device can easily replace all of them! I am loving this honeycomb bravo so far
Which aircraft is this please?? Can anyone please tell?
Where do you buy and what is the name of the selector above the honeycomb?
The selector I had above the Honeycomb is a real autopilot control head I used for comparison.
@@RMAG tank’s. I mean not the honeycomb but the one you used to compare it to.
Hi, I got my Honeycomb Yoke and Throttle in November of 2021 (throttle in first of Nov and Yoke at end of Nov). After getting rid of my Saitek yoke, throttle, multi-panel and switch panel in stalled the Honeycomb in mid Dec. After installation ran into some problems, on the yoke the nav and taxi light switches do not work, rest of switches work fine, beacon, landing, and strobe. Then the next problem ran into is the Auto Pilot will not work. Can turn system on and see it high light on instrument panel but nothing else works Turn left knob to heading the turn right knob and heading bug does not move. Have saw where you can download from Honeycomb site how to make the leds for throttle panel lighs light up with on. I fly two planes, Cessna 172 and Beech Baron 58 with air manager premium panel for both and have FS2020. Also was able to program 4 of the seven switches on the throttle quadrant, pitot heat, cabin lights, flood light, and park brake, they work fine. So if you have any ideas or information on what to do to correct these problem would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
Hey, your Bravo lights not working?? I bought in Oct 2021 and only yesterday installed "Better Bravo Lights" - run bat file and all lights + button lights finally work! Try again using TDM Daher 900, HC Alpha dial set to Both with latest patch from yesterday. I feel so happy to finally use the auto-pilot features in the Bravo with all the lights functioning!
Update was able to get some of Auto Pilot to work, the altitude and heading. Vs, nav, and Ias will not work. Also do you know what setting need to use to keep engines running. Engines start and run until starter switch is moved to both, then kill and will not do anything to restart. Have to shut down FS2020 and restart FS2020. Also when tried to set start switch on Yoke, it brings up switches on the throttle quadrant, switches 35 and 34. Any ideas on what is happening and how to correct. Tried to set back to default, but did not help.
@@davidedel31 ask in FB group FS2020 enthusiasts
Thanks you for posting this, best video on the topic. Everyone please "Like" so its easier to find!
thanks so much..really helpful!!
Any idea on how to switch the altitude from 1,000s of feet to 100s of feet while spinning the right knob?
It’s a well-known bug. You can get around it with a third-party program for the keybinds, or just wait for Asobo to fix this.
@@RMAG which third party program, if you will?
Nice explanation. 👍
That’s no TBM .. N205J is my favorite Mooney on the planet! Have you tried (VR) yet on MSFS 2020? Happy New Year!!
Haha. I know but it catches my attention when the ATC calls it out. My entire fleet of virtual planes have the same N number. :). Haven’t tried VR. Closest has been head tracking software. Happy New Year.
Not sure if I would like VR as I have a significant component of the sim that lives in the real world (like this throttle quadrant)
@@RMAG true.. I saw some vids on RUclips, one flying out of Telluride.. and it was only in the Savage Cub.. Awesome realism.. but you’re right , it wouldn’t be good for your setup without being able to see your quadrant and other hardware.
@@RMAG You just have to learn to find the buttons by feel. A bit of a learning curve, but once you've got it, well, you've got it. And TRUST when I say you do NOT want to miss out on VR.
@@kevykevTPA Agree with Kevin...I used to use TrackIR, but, now...VR is...just...awe inspiring. Don't waste another minute. You will find everything by feel and you WILL be "in the air" in VR. It is honestly the most amazing experience i've ever had in computing.
I just wish they had given us a Flight Director button😕
But there are enough other buttons available to use for FD I guess
Rebind the REV button if you never fly a back course approach.
This is a great video
how can you change the altitude by the hundreds instead of thousands with the honeycomb?
It’s well known bug in MSFS. It has to be fixed by Asobo. Alternatively you can use a third party program to do the keybinds, or you can unbind all your switches including the Alpha yoke. Or just wait for them to fix it. I use the knobs for macro changes and then the virtual knobs in the sim for the micro changes.
@@RMAG thanks ! but you only have one knob right? so there's no way to choose quickly which increments you want to change, either they set all to hundreds or leave it to the thousands, unless you can set using the keyboard which increments 100/1000 you want to have and then the only knob in the honeycomb do the rest.
Take care and thanks again!
@@Mr.President you can’t specify. The always on buttons of the Honeycomb devices makes the adjustments be the larger ones. Knob or keyboard it does not matter. The only way to get the small adjustments is to mouse click the virtual knob in the sim.
great video! thanks!
What are you using to maintain a certain speed?
If your talking about in a climb or descent and you want a certain airspeed, it’s IAS mode.
In straight and level flight it’s just a throttle setting.
@@RMAG many thanks
Still wish there was a way to fix that 10 degree VOR bug.
Fix is supposedly coming in update 3 on March 4.
The GFC-500 also has a TRK and a VNAV, which I noticed that Bravo does not have. What alternate options / bindings should we use for those? And any ideas on how to mod the black switches to lighted-ON switches? (that are just below the auto-pilot row of buttons). I would assume this would be a quick mod because someone likely makes those exact switches but with lighted options for ON only. Ideally , the switches would have a very soft back-glow (lighting) for the whole switch, and then a demonstrably different light for when the light is actually on. It would also be nice that the switches have a "Screen-Print" option so that we can label the actual light on the surface of the switch itself. I'd also like to mod the Alpha Yoke in the same manner. Lastly, I would think that if we could mod the unit to replace the "BACKCOURSE" button to a "RNAV" Button, it would be much more useful. Any ideas on this stuff would be appreciated.
7:30 - So it's niot only me who has trouble keeping in a straight line when taking off. I'm a noob to MSFS and I also have the Honeycomb Alpha & Bravo and Thrustmaster pedals
When I filmed this I was using the plastic Thrustmaster TFPR pedals. Fine control was hard to achieve. Since then I got Thrustmaster TPR Pendular Rudder Pedals and it’s a world of difference. Much more close to the real thing.
@@RMAG I find that my aircraft tends to veer left when taxiing and on takeoff, don't know if it was due to wind or the controls need calibrating.
@@PeterMaddison2483 aircraft with propellers all veer left. You have to add right rudder. Here is a article why: www.boldmethod.com/learn-to-fly/aerodynamics/why-you-need-right-rudder-on-takeoff-to-stay-on-the-centerline-ground-roll/
@@RMAG Thanks for that, I thought it was me or a wrong setting or something.
thank you so mutch !
Both good but don’t have screen showing what your changing so in flight simulators it’s useless. If you use the autopilot pannel you need to look in the game to see what your setting so makes no difference
Seems like everything focuses on MSFS and not XPlane 11, 12
That would be correct for my videos because that’s what I use.