Bravo Throttle Quadrant from Honeycomb Aeronautical

The New Bravo Throttle Quadrant from Honeycomb Aeronautical

Here’s something we rarely get to say: NEW FLIGHT CONTROLS! The new Bravo Throttle Quadrant from Honeycomb Aeronautical packs a ton of features and options into one affordable unit. It’s a sorely needed solution for the flight sim community.

Throttle Quadrant

First of all, the Bravo Throttle Quadrant recognizes something that the community has known for a long time: dudes dig jets. Therefore, the six main levers include interchangeable handles that include options for turbine airliners. That’s right – you can set up a Boeing 737 throttle quadrant right out of the box, including spoiler and flap lever. Furthermore, you can set it up as a four engine airliner, and I assume a three engine airliner for you B-727 or L-1011 enthusiasts out there.

General aviation pilots can set up the Bravo Throttle Quadrant as a light twin with prop and mixture controls or a single engine airplane. Most noteworthy, you can remove the unused levers so they’re not in the way, which is very nice.

 

 

Trim Wheel

The Bravo Throttle Quadrant includes a trim wheel, hallelujah!!! Pilots from the real world know how important elevator trim is. On the other hand, if you were raised on home flight sims, you possibly underestimate its importance. If you know me, you know how much I liked the Saitek trim wheel. Tragically, it appears that Saitek stopped producing the trim wheel when the company was acquired by Logitech. Now Honeycomb Aeronautical has come to our rescue.

 

Other Features

If the Bravo Throttle Quadrant only had the interchangeable levers and the trim wheel it would be a solid product, but it also includes several other features. It has a landing gear handle with position lights, flap lever and annunciator panel. In addition, it has autopilot controls, and seven programmable rocker switches. Is that too much for a small unit? Is the annunciator panel hard to see? Does it seem like the rocker switches hard to reach? I will suspend judgement until I actually try one in real life.

 

Bravo Throttle Quadrant – Ok, How Much?

Honeycomb Aeronautical’s website lists a suggested retail price of $199.99 for the Bravo Throttle Quadrant. That’s a damn good price for so many features. It should be available “shortly after” the release of the Alpha Flight Controls in the 4th quarter of 2017. In addition, the Bravo Throttle Quadrant looks like it would be a delightful addition to the DIY Deluxe Desktop Flight Sim or the DIY Flight Sim Pod.

 

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7 Comments

  • Mike ONeill

    It seems too good to be true and I hope there is some actual hardware at the end of these graphics. I note that you haven’t got your hands on one yet. I’m trying to buy one right now cos that cost is not much more than I was going to pay just for 737 handle mods for my std quadrant.

    • Matt Thomas

      Right, I don’t believe these are available yet through regular retail channels. Honeycomb plans to release their flight yoke first, when this throttle quadrant following soon after.

  • Gabe Logan

    No one noticed the ARP button…..? Ummmmm…. not an expert, but should be APR. Doesn’t bode well.

    • Bake Chipolte

      I noticed it immediately. major flaw. hope they fix it with a change order in production

  • Euclides

    Hi… I would like one for 737 NG P3D simulator. Do the TOGA and A/T Disc Switches work? Do you send to Brazil?

  • Dimitri Kiselkov

    lol it’s 2020 and it’s just about to come out! 3 years later…

  • Jim "Fish" Fisher

    hello, yes it is finally here. There are no labels on the switches however.

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