There are 12 FIPs in my system, and the two USB hubs they plugged in are placed closely. As the cables coming with the FIPs are quite long, heavy and hard to bend, they are troubles everytime I want to tidy them up properly.
They have been headaches to me for a long time until I finally figured out how to deal with these cables recently. Continue reading
Month: May 2020
580: My Cockpit Rev #14 – Yoke Position Mod
After the FIP Adaptation mod yesterday, I found the protruding placement of the Alpha Yoke particularly eyesoring, since it is hard to cope with the other Saitek / Logitch panels as reported in my review for the yoke.
Of course, to those Alpha Yoke owners who don’t have any Logitech panel, it is not a problem at all. But it is to me. Here’s how how I got ride of this eyesore earlier this morning. And it was pretty easy. Continue reading
579: My Cockpit Rev #13 – FIP Adaptation Mod
As stated in the Alpha Yoke review earlier, the “extended” FIP adaptation approach makes it even harder for users to access switches on the face-plate.
Here’s my correctional modification so as to place the FIP stack backward a bit behind the bracket-mount of the Alpha yoke. Continue reading
578: No More Fuel-Flow Issue on XPL Gauges
Regarding the fuel-flow reading errors caused by Logitech’s X-Plane plugin on 
Flight Instrument Panel (FIP) reported in Post 505, I am so happy to announce that the nasty issue has been finally solved for good, no need to beg for help from Logitech any more.
In light of some addons I came across: since the Logitech plugin fails to read the “fuel_flow_kg_sec” dataref properly, I popped up an idea that I could probably create something else to substitute the erratic function to read the fuel-flow values correctly. Continue reading
577: What I Dislike in HoneyComb Alpha Yoke Part 3
…continued from Part 2
FIP Adaptation
If my memory is correct, there were mentionings in Honeycomb’s earliest news that the designer(s) of the Alpha yoke had Saitek backgrounds. Probably he is (or they 
are). Because not only the yoke has a shadow of Saitek counterparts but it also comes with a bracket mount to accommodate various Saitek or Logitech Pro Flight Panels. This is not found on other brands.
No matter where the designer is from, as an owner of many Saitek/Logitech flightsim gears, the “adaptability” is a sure winner. However, I wish the adaptation could be done with more thoughts. Continue reading
576: What I Dislike in HoneyComb Alpha Yoke Part 2
…continued from Part 1
Switches on the Body
I must say that integrating battery, avionics, lights and magneto switches to the yoke is a brilliant user-friendly features. However, I am a little disappointed because the switches on it are only basics and are not as feature-rich as those on my VRInsight Flight Master Yoke II.
Moreover, the magneto switches on the Alpha yoke are moved to the right, which is a bit odd to my eyes. Continue reading
News: Prepar3Dv5 Hotfix 1 is Here
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
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
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