Yeah, completely agree. Of course mine showed up a day after I posted the limbo image above.
There is much to like about it, like @PaulRix comments about the proper gear handle. I don’t mind the size and appreciate the flat part on the top, which is removable on the Alpha yoke to reduce physical space uptake. The mounting system is simple and works well for my environment. I don’t regret the purchase, because I don’t think that other than building a sim pit with a bunch of separate high grade components, you would get such functionality as you have with this single, reasonably priced controller.
But it could be better. I understand what Honeycomb were trying to do, which is give us the best ROI. But the control levers, especially the commercial a/c set, are so tiny, toy-like, and unsubstantial feeling, that I would gladly have paid $100 more for better design in this area. The friction adjustment feels very much like a compromise. In order to get the detent area at the bottom of the motion, you can’t really adjust them to be as smooth as the levers could have been. And that T/O button on the commercial handle is going to be hard to find in VR.
Although I amazed at what garage engineers, like @Troll, have come up with to enhance sim pit gear (that CM2 throttle lift/detent mod is amazing), the Bravo commercial levers will be a challenge, IMO.
I would imagine that version 2.0 will address this. It’s their first effort, so Honeycomb deserves praise for bringing it to a niche market. Hopefully, their ROI will justify continuity in their business. They should get a big boost from the FS2020 release.