Best Budget Yoke for Flight Simulator 2020 | Hands on Review (+BIG FLIGHT SIMULATOR 2020 GIVEAWAY!)

Whats up everyone! Welcome to another video, today we are comparing my Saitek yoke and Honeycomb yoke as well as a few other of my controls.
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My Specs:
Gpu: GTX 1080ti
PSU: 650W Bronze PowerSpec

[mateo]

We passed 1250 subs!! Thank you all so much! I will post a video tomorrow announcing the first winner! Next winner at 1500!

[michaelhenning]

I definitely think that 180 degrees of motion is super important as with flying the smallest inputs make the biggest difference. IMO if you’re thinking about getting the saitek system, wait. Save your money a little longer and grab the honeycomb. 100% will not regret it.

[aamirkh]

I want Flight Simulator 2020 because I'm fascinated by and passionate towards flying. Unfortunately, due to my financial condition, I haven't been able to pursue a career in flying in real life. I have always wanted to get into flight simulators but this game has increased my interest because it is so beautiful. I really want it so that I can experience flying in at least a simulation that is so close to reality.

[DownTheRabbit-Hole]

I am instructor and use Honeycomb. The stiff spring for pitch is fantastic because it gives more "feel" to trimming. Could be a bit stiff for kids tho. "Handedness" is important in RWS. The ignition should be used by left hand(and be placed by the switches on left) as it is in most small aircraft. They should have included fuel pump and pitot switch near the light switches. Minor issues!
The built in aileron roll "delay" (as opposed to "twitchy" fast joysticks designed for gaming) is fantastic. This gives a realistic lag to control inputs. Great yoke for $250.

[itz_harman]

Shame I had to get the Saitek yoke 1 year ago, i was on a tight budget like you pointed out in the video about the little resistance of the Saitek and the feel of the yoke with a deadzone, I decided to open mines and place two rubber bands, this increased the resistance ever so slightly and removed the deadzone making the yoke feel more realistic, the honeycomb definitely looks better, might purchase later in the future when I get more funds, video quality is definitely improving, keep it up

[worldwed]

I've got my Honeycomb yoke on the way along with Thrustmaster pedals and Hotas X just to give me a basic throttle until the Bravo comes out. Cannot wait for next week XD

[insanegamer]

Can you review rudder pedals next, the style of the review is quite good

[onequicko]

I subscribed after your PC build video, I think you are one of the few that actually broke down exactly what you got, explained why and showed us the build, so thank you for that. As someone who doesn’t know a dang thing about computers and watching many professionals explain and build, I was left confused a bit. Thank you for keeping it simple!

[TheAirLambo]

The channel is growing fast man! Great job with the review, I like the feel and realism with the honeycomb yoke. The airbus side stick from Thrustmaster looks like a great addition for flights with the airbus aircraft. So excited for the sim to come out and can’t wait to see the channel to keep growing once you get your hands on fs2020! Good luck to all of us in the drawings!

[JoshuaLawrence]

Thanks for helping me pick out a yoke. I'm a beginner but I really like the look and feel of the honeycomb.

[KailimVibesyt]

Wew this channel is really growing a lot! And also I wanted to buy honeycomb but it's too expensive in my country (1.2k myr) but Logitech yoke is not my type. So imma just save my money from now on 😌

[aikougaming]

Great comparison, was looking to pull the trigger on the Logitech as a first yoke and moving away from the joystick

[orangutaninjas]

Great video. I am looking into getting a new yoke for when the Microsoft Flight Sim comes out and this was really helpful.

[rasmuslindholm]

Me:
(looks at subcount, proceeds to look at the date the first flightsim video was published...)


This was the first video I watched from you and the quality is amazing already! Keep it up dude!

[BobRoss-bpyv]

Honestly, the quality of your videos are phenomenal. Great job.

[Aditya-wglp]

Just recently got the honey comb, the build quality is nuts, I have no idea how they run a profit on that because for 250 it looks like something one would pay 500-700 for

[TechSway]

Glad to see your channel growing fast. I enjoyed the straight to the point comparison between these two as I'm looking at picking up flight sim again upon release and currently looking at getting a yoke. The Honeycomb definitely looks the better out of the two. I'll look at picking this up in the near future. Thanks for the comparison!

[Rezo]

Hey brother, what is your recommendation for an affordable chair with a support for the yoke. I want something I can put in front of the TV then move into a corner when I'm done. Any thoughts? Thanks!

[facelessgod]

Subscribed after the first time I saw your video about your PC build. I have ordered parts already and precisely building a PC so that I can run FS20. Thanks for the great content!

[jimstanley_]

I'm a sim-only pilot, so maybe I don't know any better. Still, I would be happy to change the calibration curve in the sim. It's simple enough to dampen a +/- 45-degree yoke for less amplification near the center. (How often does anyone use more than 45 degrees of input on an aircraft, anyway?) And yet, Saitek/Logitech have done worse than limit the range of motion. You missed it in your review, but they coded a 5-degree dead zone into EACH SIDE of the center. This covers a little more than that un-tensioned shakey zone in the middle. They rob you of 10 degrees of motion and then penalize you with a 10-degree span that does nothing, right in the middle of the movement. This dead zone is LOCKED INTO UNSERVICEABLE FIRMWARE BY THE FACTORY. They claim it's a feature, not a bug. (I'm waiting on tech support, but I've already started on a mission to point out this unacceptable "feature" wherever I can.)

I will be returning my recently purchased yoke system and switch panel (pending the results of my inquiry with tech support) to get a Honeycomb combo. To come close to the Honeycomb Alpha and Beta with Saitek gear, you need the yoke/throttle system, an extra USB throttle, and the Switch and AP panels. You will have saved about $30 (at today's prices, individual Saitek items vs. bundled Honeycomb) and have a LESS configurable system with a terrible yoke. (Though, the AP display would be handy.) The Saitek panels require a proprietary plug-in. The functions in that plug-in are locked in at whatever Saitek thinks they should be. You cannot, for example, assign an unused cowl-flap switch to a secondary avionics bus or an unused De-ice switch to carb heat. (I'm not sure about reconfiguring the labeled Honeycomb switches, but their throttle includes several programmable switches.)

The radio panel is AMAZING for tuning radios, but it has limitations too. In DME mode, you are locked in to Nav1. DME also only uses one side of the display for data (the distance.) The other side freezes with, I think it's the Nav frequency, but it doesn't change when you change the Nav. The right-hand display becomes useless random numbers instead of the speed or time. They could have used the Swap key to switch between sources. They could even get it to "Hold" if they were clever. Maddeningly, the only "updates" they are interested in are repacking the drivers/plug-ins, so they install on Windows newer than 98.