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That is interesting. I was at one point quite interested in picking up a Yawman Arrow controller to take on the road with me, but it seemed rather over priced. This Honeycomb controller looks far more polished. It will be interesting to see how they price it.
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Yeah, that was cool!
So very cool! I do very much hate flying with my left thumb. (Yes I do insist that it is the brain that flies, not the hand.) But when it come to thumbs, RC has taught things me maybe it’s best not to confuse things when doing so trashes a $600 helicopter. Plus, anything worth flying is flown with the right hand! So, for now, I will continue with my very trusty MS Elite with wine corks as stick extenders.
it can be maybe used as a small-scale throttle quadrant / button box . with the thumbstick used for other purposes than flying .
maybe not the best fit for modern fighters , but maybe for tube-liners , trash-haulers , g-a and war-birds .
btw wondering for some time now why nobody offers some small-scale controllers . if one dont need hotas solution than arcade-style joystick with throttle-quadrant the size of console controller would be really neat setup imo .
usually everything is big and pricey , or cheap with terrible quality .
Yeah, if they mirrored the controller, it would be perfect.
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Right. I’ve been a broken record on this for nearly a decade. Except for competitive dogfighting with Korea and prior plane-types, the long throw of a HOTAS stick is just not needed. Yes, for a simpit where actually being in the thing is part of the point, a good stick, collective, pedals are essential. But for me, I can fly just as precisely with a good gamepad. The Yawman and gamepad highlighted in this thread are perfect solutions for many more players than many players themselves actually realize.
its out
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@PaulRIx, we’ll all be waiting for your review Mr. Bad Influencer…
They are sold out already!
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ya im with the fling with right thumb group
For me, even if the flying stick was under the correct thumb it would still be a hard pass. Controllers work well because, through shifting, your two hands have access to many dozens of different functions. This controller has little levers sticking out of every orifice that are too easily bumped by mistake. And when you do actually wish to activate them you are force to do finger contortions to do so. A standard controller has two bumpers. Each can shift every stick, pad and button to a separate function. And if you want to go really crazy you can press both bumpers for a third shift. And all of this functionality comes with little chance of accidental actuations. The other reason I would avoid this controller is that it sacrifices the second stick. In MSFS that stick is both your mouse and your head (while also being throttle, rudder and collective if you so choose.) So what they’ve managed to do was make a tiny HOTAS with less possible functions than a normal controller. Oh…let’s talk trim. Sure, if you’re in a C172 or B737, the wheel is cool. But in many of the cooler stuff available to fly, trim needs to be 4-way. A shifted D-pad or a single button for force-trim-release works way better than a little wheel and also happens to be a bit more realistic. So that’s my .02. I’ll happily stick (no pun) with my Elite 2.
I’m one of those who have a hard time remembering which control does what when you start using multi modes (ie shifting). For some simming on my laptop while sat in a hotel room, this would be a pretty decent solution for me, although if I am honest, I rarely take my laptop on the road these days.
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I get that. There’s a good case for it, as well as the yawman. The single axis trigger for yaw is huge.
seems like still available in eu shop
the controller looks pretty good . as I mentioned already it can work like mini throttle quadrant / button box too .