Day: May 2, 2020

News: Prepar3Dv5 Hotfix 1 is Here

| Tom Tsui

Just found out Lockheed Martin has released a hotfix addressing P3Dv5’s high priority issues two days ago.   Nearly missed it while I’ve been working on the Honeycomb Alpha yoke story.

Hope the most critical issues are fixed.  Will report back once downloaded and installed.

Edit 1: Run the Hotfix version briefly and confirm that the landscape issues in KHQM and LSGS earlier reported have been fixed.

Edit 2: Run the Hotfix version for nearly two hours with active ATC. No crash seen so far. Seems the fix does the job.

575: What I Dislike in HoneyComb Alpha Yoke Part 1

| Tom Tsui

The HoneyComb Alpha Yoke, I believe, is one of the hottest flightsim gears these days.  I got mine in February and it is the sixth yoke I got — from the very first Saitek Yoke (2007), to the CH Eclipse Yoke (2011), Saitek Cessna Yoke (2012), VRInsight Flight Master Yoke II (2014), and the last VirtualFly Yoko Yoke (2018).  It’s no surprise that none of them is perfect, but surely each one has something good to praise.

You may have seen other reviews about the good and bad of the HoneyComb Alpha Yoke.  By no means to lower the product, followings are just the things I dislike from a user’s standpoint — both objectively and subjectively. Continue reading →