Quick question on the Honeycomb Bravo if you have one in MSFS?

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Quick question on the Honeycomb Bravo if you have one in MSFS?

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I just need to know if the Bravo uses Hall Sensors?
Thanks much.

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Re: Quick question on the Honeycomb Bravo if you have one in MSFS?

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I have one but I couldn't tell you... so I went to my favourite search engine... and I still can't say for sure! But it seems that it does not have hall-effect sensors, as it would come up in the specs or reviews if it did. And with a few different searches I found people saying that their went jittery, so potentiometers they must be.

Honestly, I didn't check before buying which is surprising as I tend to over-research everything before I make a purchase, and I don't purchase new kit very often at all. I just assumed it would be better than my ageing Saitek units (and it is), but we'll see how it lasts.

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Re: Quick question on the Honeycomb Bravo if you have one in MSFS?

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Mustang wrote: 14 Mar 2023, 17:31 I have one but I couldn't tell you... so I went to my favourite search engine... and I still can't say for sure! But it seems that it does not have hall-effect sensors, as it would come up in the specs or reviews if it did. And with a few different searches I found people saying that their went jittery, so potentiometers they must be.

Honestly, I didn't check before buying which is surprising as I tend to over-research everything before I make a purchase, and I don't purchase new kit very often at all. I just assumed it would be better than my ageing Saitek units (and it is), but we'll see how it lasts.
I had a like experience looking for data on the Bravo. I found a few references to the Alpha but nothing on the throttle.
Strange. But thanks for the reply ! I appreciate it.
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Re: Quick question on the Honeycomb Bravo if you have one in MSFS?

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Hi Dudley, I had mine apart to fix a broken wire once, and while I wasn't messing with that part specifically, they appear to have a pretty ordinary potentiometer mounted with a small gear driven by the teeth on the lever itself. Hard to explain I guess. If that doesn't make sense I'll try to draw a picture (it will be crude lol) and send it to you. Just let me know.

Found this video that shows what I'm talking about. Hopefully that helps.
https://youtu.be/dR-QUxHw1oA?t=208
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Re: Quick question on the Honeycomb Bravo if you have one in MSFS?

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Ian MC wrote: 14 Mar 2023, 21:46 Dudley I believe they just use a potentiometer that is geared to the end of the lever. I had mine apart to fix a broken wire once, and while I wasn't messing with them, they have a pretty common potentiometer mounted with a small gear at the bottom of the lever, which is driven by the teeth on the lever itself. Hard to explain I guess. If that doesn't make sense I'll try to draw a picture (it will be crude lol) and send it to you. Just let me know.

Found this video that shows what I'm talking about. Hopefully that helps.
https://youtu.be/dR-QUxHw1oA?t=208
That's great Ian; just what I needed to know.
Thanks much for the reply.
D

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Re: Quick question on the Honeycomb Bravo if you have one in MSFS?

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It does not seem to use Hall sensors, however from my experience the potentiometers are of much, much better quality than the ones fitted on the saitek throttle quadrants. After a couple years of use, they are still perfectly accurate, calibrated, and without any noise whatsoever.

However I do also need to take it apart due to broken reverse switch wires.

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