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I have finally successfully concluded the ordeal with the Honeycomb Bravo!After a long drawn out attempt to get my original unit to work,It dawned on me that the thing just might be defective after all.I contacted the Honeycomb people and the unit was replaced under warranty with no problem at all.Although the service was a little slow to get off the ground, (the "ticket" system leaves a little to be desired),it turned out to be excellent. Unfortunately about a day before the new Bravo arrived, I experienced a major computer crash! When the dust settled, I emerged at the other end with a newly purchased, state of the art Windows 10, replete with all the latest updates, most of which one needs like another hole in the head.The original operating system could not be re installed as it was dealer installed and there was no disk.At that point things got "interesting" I was able to put stop to the endless updates with Windows Update Blocker v1.7,available at https://www.sordum.org/9470/windows-update-blocker-v1-7/.That wasn't the last of the conflicts attributable to the wonderful operating system however.There was also some changes I made to the registry and the FS9 cfg.After the fight to get the darn operating system to behave,I was able achieve satisfactory performance from the Bravo. I can go into more detail if anyone is interested. The bottom line is the Honeycomb Bravo works (almost) flawlessly in FS2004!! While I haven't tried the auto pilot section,there being some residual angst from my previous fights with the original unit,I am very pleased with the performance. Imagine setting your power at 32",1900 rpm and it stays, rock steady!My old CH throttle never could do that without flickering, even when it was new. It is unfortunate that the Honeycomb/Aerosft organization has chosen not to offer support of any kind for FS2004 or any older sim as the Bravo Throttle works nearly perfectly.Although the price of admission is a little steep, I think it is a very worthwhile up grade to the CH or logitec units you may be using now. I am very satisfied with the Bravo Throttle, FS2004, Windows 10 combination so far.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the outstanding scenery you have you have produced over the years, in my opinion you certainly deserve a spot on the Pioneers list.I have most of your Canadian scenery. I was pleasanty suprised to discover your Carribean area scenery, I've installed most of them also. As I live in Windsor,your southern Ontario sceneries are some of my favourites.I was eagerly waiting for your version of CYQG,however the closest you got was Essex.So close and yet so far!I am currently using the Barnicoat version of Windsor airport; cyqg_windsor_-_gavin_barnicoat.zip. While it represents the airport reasonably well, it has become seriously out of date. There have been several new hangers built as well as a major taxiway added.For some reason they've decided to put a solar farm just off the east end of runway 25! I wonder if I might put in a request for your version of CYQG?I was unable to find a decent video of the aiport but then Windsor is the armpit of Ontario after all.I went this route instead of PM ing you as I hope to elicte some peer pressure on you to remain with us for some time yet!You do very good work,I appreciate it , and I'm looking forward to seeing more of it in the future!

Sorry for the delay between posting, I am still working 12- 14 hours a day five days a week which doesn't leave much time for simming.I have tried everything I could think of however I was simply unable to get consistent results with my Bravo unit. Reluctantly, it finally dawned on me that I likely flogging a dead horse.I contacted the Honeycomb folks and made arrangements to send the unit to them (Ontario Canada to California USA!),and duly shipped it to them, they received it about a week ago, at this point I am awaiting a response from them. Thanks for the tip on the Fulcrum One, looks interesting.I wonder if they work properly out of the box? I could convert my Bravo unit to a $300 paperweight hmmm....

Sorry for the delayed response; until recently I was a Canadian cross border truck driver and the issue of the un cooperative Honeycomb Bravo for some reason, had found itself relocated somewhat lower on the priority list.One of the issues I am unable to satisfactorily deal with is the effective stroke of the throttle,prop and mixture axis.I am using FSUIPC to recognize the axis,which it does accomplish,however on the calibration page, (any axis), I am getting only only half a stroke.Specifically, the read outs,in my case, begin at -16256 with the lever down against the detent.Moving the lever upwards, the reading drops down to zero at the halfway point then increase to +16256 at the top of the stoke.(with corresponding bizarre behavior in the 3d view) I was hoping that you (or anyone?) might divulge the workaround to this issue.Then of course,one must continue with the calibration procedure however,I think the axis behavior should be tackled first. I did set Bravo up in FSX and it seemed to function properly over there,however as I do not care for FSX, I left it at that and returned to the battle of using the Bravo in FS 2004.Just to complicate things,my old clunky CH Throttle (may it R.I.P.), with its neanderthal innards did not have a problem working passably well in both FS9 as well as FSX. However the Honeycomb Bravo,that state of the art technological Wunderkindt seems unable to do so..... Seriously?

Avallillo and luke you council wisely.I've just spent more fruitless hours trying to iron out the problems with the Bravo unit,I thought I might "get it any minute now" so many times I've lost track. ( Its a guy thing. ) Reluctantly, I must admit that all I have accomplished so far, was to run low on coffee and out of patience.I will attempt to call Honeycomb Aeronautical directly as well as emailing them.I thought I might try to contact them through Aerosfoft/Honeycomb but apparently people have died waiting for response going that route.Feel free to PM me if there is anything you think I should know when I contact them.As there are no doubt, many people in the flight sim community who may be having similar problems, I'll try to post my results if and when they become known. BTW...I neglected to add this to my previous post. All the levers move in jerky, jumpy fashion, however, one really bizarre thing I've discovered - in the VC, when I move the throttle for engine #2, the mixture handle for engine#1 moves,on its own,the opposite way!

Thanks for the tips. While I have been running my sim pretty much since day one with the sensitivity at max and the dead zone at min,I did try wiping the FSUIPC settings and calibrating using the windows cal tool.At first I got erratic readings,but after a half a dozen tries they stabilized, though not at settings required for correct operation. My next plan of attack is to erase all traces of the Bravo unit from the controls assignment section in FS2004 and uninstall the Honeycomb Configurator. Even though it is not installed in FS9 and apparently just sits there, its in FSX which I do not use, just in case the Bravo unit is "looking for it".The next step is to try once again with Fsuipc. I'm still thinking that its a matter of calibration or maybe some schmutz in the mechanism?I am not one to give up easily but I think I see a few traces of desperation looming on the horizon....keep your fingers crossed!

Thank you from your quick replies! However as you expected,they were not of much help.I am able to shed a little more light on the situation;its long and somewhat convoluted tale but I hope you will bear with me. This is what I have managed to discover so far... The sim does recognize the Bravo throttle and does allow me to assign the throttle,prop and mixture axis normally,however the behavior was off the wall.This led me to think that I should install the Honeycomb Configurator into FS2004 instead of FSX.Of course that didn't work,next I noticed that the critical configurator files are using .json,something which FS9 doesn't seem to use. I thought of converting the .json files to .exe or .dll but I was unable to locate a converter; next I tried to simply cut and paste the entire Honeycomb file as installed in FSX into the FS2004 main folder and that didn't work either.I thought about puting all the Honeycomb Configurator files loose into the FS2004 folder but I was concerned that would really mess up the FS2004,something I really didn't need. At that point it dawned on me that since the Bravo was recognized by the sim and did allow axis assignment,the problem must be one of calibration.This led me to FSUIPC. I have been using the paid version 3.999 for some time,primarily for fine tuning the weather and so on,however nothing as complex as control modifications.So ,with FSUIPC for Advanced users predominately displayed on one monitor and FSUIPC Options and Settings on the other ,I launched into hours and hours of frustration (apologies to Mr. Dowson ) It seems to"almost" click but I just can't get it! This is where a tutorial for noobs would come in mighty handy.Another thing I discovered during the fight with FSUIPC is that the prop and mixture axis go from min to max during the first half of their travel then star over again in the second half of the stroke then come to the detent.This behavior is obviously not acceptable. The gear selector flaps and trim seem to work ok though.I have not tried the auto pilot or the warning lights yet as I use the Logitec Radio,Multi and Switch panels as well as the units in the aircrft panel itself so I could live without those features of the Bravo , but I really need the throttle, pop and mixture setting to work as they should.I feel I am THIS CLOSE to success,however I'm missing some minor detail somewhere along the line! I am getting ready to pull out whats left of my hair,If anyone has any ideas....

Hello,after being on various waiting lists for nearly a year,I finally was able to purchase the impressive Honeycomb Bravo Throttle.However after trying unsuccessfully for several months, I have been unable to get the unit to function properly!I have tried setting it up using FSUIPC with no luck,though I may be doing something wrong not being a computer geek.I have searched many forums as well Google searches and turned up.... crickets! Has anyone managed to get this thing to work properly in FS2004? If so how was this accomplished? I am trying to use it with twin engine piston prop.Does anyone know of a decent tutorial on the subject,preferably at the noob level?I am a simmer with over 4000 hours though the solution to this issue eludes me.Thanks in advance for any help you can give. ( Actually my wife has been getting on my case with "Honey,don't you think its time to ask someone who knows?" You know how that goes...)