Honeycomb Bravo Throttle Quadrant Autopilot Operation - MSFS - FSDreamTeam (KEYW) + LatinVFR (KMIA)

[@MCCDEMON]

wow, dont get me wrong please but your voice just blew me away. Seeing your face and hearing your voice are just 2 different universes. Great Vid. Thanks a lot.

[@SimFanatic]

Not taken wrong at all; thank you for watching and for the comment! Cheers and Blue Skies!!

[@dolf1010]

Thank you very much for the gifted channel membership .

[@SimFanatic]

Hi dolf, thank you for commenting. The gifted membership would be from one of our fellow SimFans last night during the livestream. Cheers and Blue Skies!!

[@jasonemery8375]

Great tutorial on the Bravo. I’ve just received both the alpha and the bravo so this info is excellent. Look forward to the FMC tutorial. You just got another subscriber. 👍

[@SimFanatic]

Awesome Jason, thank you for watching, for commenting, and for subscribing! I'm happy the video helped! Please feel free to join me and the SimFan family during some MSFS livestreams now that you are a member! Always a good time. Blue Skies!!

[@BlandoCal]

As someone who doesn't play any flying sims, this was incredibly interesting and I loved the scenery. Thanks!

[@SimFanatic]

Thank you for commenting! Blue skies!!

[@WeaponsArtist]

Great video sir, just got the Alpha/Bravo combo myself... One thing to note, for the IAS setting... This will actually function on GA aircraft kitted with the G1000 (and maybe aircraft without the G1000, haven't tested). This is used to set a specific climb speed, so if you want to climb to a set altitude at a certain speed, this will adjust the VS to maintain the IAS speed you set. This would be used in lieu of the VS mode in this case. Hope that helps.

[@SimFanatic]

Thank you Brent; great point on the IAS dial/setting. I appreciate you watching and for commenting. Blue Skies!!

[@nilsdoering]

Such a good video. Great explanation. You have an amazing voice. Thank you!

[@SimFanatic]

Thanks a bunch Peter! I appreciate you watching and your comments. Blue skies my sim friend!!

[@marcw.5492]

Great video ... Ill have to lookup OBS ? i tried the fsdreamteam link - no work ? Can you tell me if the APPROACH feature for Auto Pilot works at all airports ? I have issues using that feature. I also notice my TRIM Wheel doesnt seem to do much ? vry disappointing (Bravo Throttle and Alpha Yoke.) Regards

[@bobcripe7928]

How do you assign the on-off button for Track IR on the Bravo Alpha yoke. I would like to do that it would be easier than looking down at my keyboard assignment when flying. Thanks.

[@SimFanatic]

Hi there @bobcripe7928, just go into your controller profile and assign one of your buttons to "Toggle Head Tracking". You can search for it by simply typing that in "Search By Name" field. Cheers and Blue Skies my friend!

[@bobcripe7928]

Thanks, that was easy. It really helps.)

[@SimFanatic]

@@bobcripe7928 happy to help! Cheers!!

[@dolhOfficial]

I like the video. It gave me more info on how to use this Garmin device. On the Bravo, when you press the HDG button, it resets the heading bug by default. You will need to re-map it if you do not want that feature. Thank you for the video.

[@SimFanatic]

Hi Danny, thank you for watching and for commenting! Appreciate it. Blue Skies buddy!

[@WeaponsArtist]

Workaround is press HDG while AP is on, then turn the left knob to HDG, then turn right knob to desired HDG, the aircraft will follow

[@Julian-tq3di]

Great video. How do you set the TrackIR toggle button on the yoke?

[@SimFanatic]

Thanks! I just use the TrackIR software itself and map a button on my joystick to pause TrackIR when I press the button. Blue skies!

[@PortugueseFlyingStew]

Great video! Awesome landing. I got a Ryzen 9 3080. You got yourself a new subscriber.

[@SimFanatic]

Thank you for watching and for subscribing! Nice on the Ryzen 9 and 3080! I'm jealous! More content to come my sim friend! Blue Skies!!

[@jamescallan8124]

Great, very informative. Just bought the PA-44 Today and like it, but I was a little surprised there's no altitude pre-select available. So the Bravo's AP altitude selection is pretty useless other than setting VS and hitting the ALT button when you get to the altitude you want. Kind of adds to the workload to have to keep an eye on your climb or descent. Love the aircraft nonetheless.

[@SimFanatic]

Hi James, glad you liked the video and thank you for commenting. I completely agree on the lack of an altitude preset; you really have to watch it, especially on decent. Don't let the bird fly itself into the ground! :-D Blue skies my sim friend!

[@davidedel31]

Hi, ok downloaded the Honeycomb download for the lights, got as far as looking for the package for the install. Seems that the FS2020 update installed it showed me the package file and opened and found AFC bridge, which is suppose to let you know that the drivers for lights are downloaded and lights and annotator panel working. Also auto pilot panel is not working properly, but did get the altitude and heading working with the left rotor switch and buttons on panel. The annotator light panel on the instrument panel are working along with the increase and decrease rotor switch on right is woring. Also the starter rotor switch does not working, move to start, engine starts but as soon as move this to both, engine kills and will not restart. Have to power off FS2020 and restart FS2020 again to get engines to work. So any ideas or help would be greatly appreciated.

[@SimFanatic]

Is this for all aircraft or which one(s) are you having the issue? Please feel free to join the SimFanatic Discord server: discord.gg/UAvkjGTr There is a #troubleshooting channel where I and other followers can help. Blue Skies!!

[@pushingtin207]

Is the crs mode selector switch used for when selecting the course for an ILS approach...bit confused?

[@SimFanatic]

Hi Pushing Tin; yes, it allows you to "dial in" the course you want for either ILS approach or for your GPS/FMS/NAV course selector. Hope this helps!

[@Jeff-m5x3j]

For those of us flying GA, it might be good to remap IAS to Barometer.

[@SimFanatic]

That's a great tip Jeff; I may have to do that myself. Thank you for watching and for the comment!

[@Jeff-m5x3j]

@@SimFanatic after I posted, I went to figure out how to do it and couldn’t find a setting that worked.

[@SimFanatic]

@@Jeff-m5x3j Thanks for the heads up. Did you check the Bravo configuration utility outside of MSFS?

[@Jeff-m5x3j]

@@SimFanatic I haven’t found the utility

[@SimFanatic]

@@Jeff-m5x3j Hi Jeff, it looks like the download isn't working from Aerosoft (redirected from Honeycomb's site). Not sure if the Honeycomb Configurator will work for MSFS, it may be just for XP11 that I was thinking of. Hmmm...

[@JuanAlejandroT]

Great vid - getting both of them next week - can't wait to fire them up. Thinking about going virtual reality, but worried i will lose seeing the buttons, was considering IR Tracker.... so, either use 200 for the IR tracker, or 500 for the Virtual Reality. What's your take?

[@SimFanatic]

I completely agree, you don't want to miss your flight controls and buttons. Functionally speaking, I would go TrackIR. It isn't quite the same immersion but you also get the benefits of using your controls in their full glory! Thanks for watching and for commenting Juan. Blue Skies!!

[@JuanAlejandroT]

@@SimFanatic Thanks for the reply. I do have a large 34" wide screen monitor - so I'll go with that. Appreciate it and look forward to seeing more content.

[@SimFanatic]

@@JuanAlejandroT Stay tuned buddy! Blue Skies!!!

[@marcw.5492]

Why is there a need to setup the obvious buttons and levers ( Auto Pilot buttons) ... isnt this easy for MSFS to do this or someone ? Are your settings avaible to download ? as a config file ? I thigught most of the popular devices are configured automatically within MSFS or XPLANE ? When will this happen ?

[@SimFanatic]

Hi Marc, thank you for watching and for commenting. There are drivers now that are much better than when the Bravo was originally released. There is a driver for MSFS and XP and I believe the Autopilot dials and mode selector is pre-programmed. You will still need to configure the axis for different engine profiles as well as the rocker switches above them. Personally I'm okay with this since it allows for each simmer to fully customize the settings to their liking. Blue skies!!

[@marcw.5492]

@@SimFanatic Ok got it. Im hoping thats the case, since that is one reason I purchased this popular model Joy & Throttle. I was a little disappointed in MSFS after getting the AIRBUS throttle and having to tinker with all the features - and after UPDATEs (mandatory UPDATEs !) things were misaligned lets say. Its 3 forward and 2 back.

[@charless1469]

Great Lesson. thanks.

[@SimFanatic]

You bet. Thank you for watching and for commenting Charles!

[@blave549]

Your shirt rocks.

[@SimFanatic]

Lol, thanks!

[@Ravenscaller]

Still waiting on a yoke at less than 2x MSRP. Quandrent totally unavailable. I'm sure it's greater than grease but not very useful when you can't buy them.

[@SimFanatic]

I know I don't have much room to say this given I have one, but be patient Ray, it's worth the wait and I know you will eventually get one! Blue Skies Sim Fan!!

[@Ravenscaller]

@@SimFanatic Thanks for you're kind comment. I'm flying with a joystick but when you learned to fly real Cessna's a stick isn't the same a yoke. They have the yoke on Newegg for 2x it's manufactures price and it seems the throttle quad isn't available at any price. Still no one to my knowledge has died from lack of a flight sim yoke at least not yet. :-). At worst it's a minor problem. Keep up the good content.

[@SimFanatic]

@@Ravenscaller Thanks Ray, I appreciate your subscribing and for watching! Hope you get your yoke soon my friend. Yes, stick definitely isn't the same, but does work. Hey, at least you aren't trying to fly using the keyboard! :-D

[@larrycutsinger8561]

@@Ravenscaller Try x-plane.org for Bravo Throttle Quadrant I purchased one on 4-25-21

[@DarkKnight-bi7cr]

What are your yoke sensitivity settings????

[@SimFanatic]

I am actually planning on reviewing all my settings including sensitivity settings. I currently have my PC setup for racing this week and will switch it back over to my flight controls for livestreaming this weekend so will check and let you know. Thanks for watching and for commenting!

[@JimEstep12071]

I have the patch for the Quadrant, and lights work perfect, until I start to fly and get an error message SimConnect failed to call dispatch, and it crashes to the desktop. I use Touch Portal, instead of keyboard, and TM-1600 (I broke my Alpha yoke) and got them all singing together, put the AFC Bridge back in, crash. Do away with TP and put the AFC Bridge in, crash, Bridge out, no crash...so, No lights here either

[@SimFanatic]

That's strange. Is this with MSFS or X-Plane?

[@JimEstep12071]

@@SimFanatic MSFS...but, I did not know they updated the AFC_Bridge, working so far, have not tried it yet with Touch Portal

[@yobananaboy1856]

pc specs pls?

[@SimFanatic]

At the time of this video I had an i7 Kaby Lake CPU, 1080 GTX, 16GB. I now have an AMD Ryzen 7 5800x, 3070 TI, 32GB.

[@marcw.5492]

The setup shoudnt be the main goal of flight Sim... gotta be a better way.

[@SimFanatic]

Hi Marc, hopefully my previous comment makes sense.? Again, thank you for watching and for commenting. :)

[@marcw.5492]

Yes --- Im seing a little light at the end of the tunnel...

[@flyboy5736]

I kept getting called, "Fans..". I'm not a fan just an accidental viewer. Don't know you from Adam.

[@SimFanatic]

I'm just saying fans as in simulator fans, not that you're a fan of me. Cheers!

[@flyboy5736]

@@SimFanatic Well after watching a couple of your videos, I’m moving towards being a fan 🙂

[@SimFanatic]

Great to hear flyboy5736, thanks! Check out some of the livestreams; would love to have you come fly with us sometime. Cheers and Blue Skies!!

[@mmorrell2007]

Why do you have the subject of the discussion in a small window and have worthless game content using 3/4 of the frame? Full frame your subject so we can see what you are doing/talking about. Other than that very helpful.

[@SimFanatic]

I see what your saying Mitchell, thank you for the feedback. I made this videa a few years ago and would like to think I have gotten better over the past few years. But nonetheless, thank you! Happy to hear you found it helpfful. Thank you for watching and for the feedback! Cheers and Blue Skies!!

[@DrTom1946]

Terrible. You are showing knobs/switches and instead of showing where you are focusing, we see an airplane NOT on where you are trying to snow.

[@SimFanatic]

My apologies, I was relatively new to doing these videos when I began my channel late last December. Thank you for your feedback; I appreciate you watching and taking the time to let me know how I can improve. Cheers!

[@tombernard1665]

@@SimFanatic Agree. it would be useful if the whole screen would focus on the quadrant instead of a generic picture of the airplane. Thanks for the video.

[@kaiarbenhansen1617]

Please stop talking down to us . "Fans" you sound like Justin Bieber . I need alot more videos before im am your fan . And the way tou are saying it :/ Exept that , great movie . Not beginner friendly but a good movie . Dont think its a guide . Its a video of you flyin . Im finding it fun . Subscribe :)

[@SimFanatic]

Thank you for the sub! I mean it as fans of simming, "SimFans" but I get your point. :-D Thank you for watching and for commenting. Blue skies!!