Yokes & Pedals

Honeycomb Flight Sim Gear: Alpha, Bravo & Charlie

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Honeycomb flight sim gear is a small, focused lineup built around one control style: yoke-and-throttle flying for general aviation and airliners, not center-stick combat flying. The two flagship pieces are the Alpha Flight Controls yoke and the Bravo Throttle Quadrant, with a Charlie Rudder Pedal set rounding out a full setup.

The Alpha yoke is the foundation

The Alpha Flight Controls yoke uses a solid steel shaft with dual linear ball bearings and a full 180-degree rotation range, with a dampened, self-centering mechanism that Honeycomb's own listing says has no center detent or dead zone — a detail that matters for smooth, precise elevator and aileron input rather than a stick that snaps or sticks near center. The base carries a switch panel with a 5-position ignition switch alongside other cockpit-style switches, giving you engine-start controls without a separate panel.

Bravo is a full engine-management station, not just a lever

The Bravo Throttle Quadrant is where Honeycomb's lineup earns its reputation. It ships with six configurable levers that can be arranged anywhere from a single-engine general-aviation setup to a four-engine commercial layout, and the commercial levers add flaps, spoilers, and functional thrust reversers. Beyond the levers, Bravo bundles a TOGA (take-off/go-around) lever, a trim wheel, a gear lever with red-and-green LED indicator lights, an autopilot panel with seven assignable switches, and a 14-light annunciator panel — effectively a secondary instrument panel built into the throttle unit itself, according to Honeycomb's own product page. At 8.36 lbs and roughly 15 inches deep, it's meant to sit as a permanent desk fixture rather than get put away between sessions.

Charlie Rudder Pedals complete the set

Charlie Rudder Pedals are Honeycomb's dedicated pedal set, built to match the Alpha and Bravo's build quality rather than being an afterthought accessory. Honeycomb markets them at $349.99, in the same price tier as the Alpha and Bravo, which signals they're built as a matching third piece rather than a budget add-on.

The Xbox path requires extra hardware, not just any Honeycomb gear

This is the detail that trips people up: buying a standard Alpha or Bravo does not get you Xbox compatibility. Honeycomb sells a separate Alpha Flight Controls XPC, specifically built and licensed for Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One, and a Honeycomb Xbox Hub — a small adapter with one USB-C output for the Alpha XPC and two USB-A inputs for adding a Bravo and/or Charlie to the same console session. Without both the XPC yoke and the Xbox Hub, Honeycomb's Bravo and Charlie units simply won't connect to a console. On PC and Mac, the standard Alpha and Bravo work without any adapter.

Honeycomb's core lineup is worth searching by name: Honeycomb Alpha Flight Controls, Honeycomb Bravo Throttle Quadrant, Honeycomb Charlie Rudder Pedals, and, for Xbox setups, the Honeycomb Alpha Flight Controls XPC and Honeycomb Xbox Hub — Honeycomb sells directly and through retailers including Amazon listings for each piece.

Where Honeycomb doesn't fit

Honeycomb's entire lineup is built around a yoke, not a center stick, which makes it the wrong starting point if you mainly fly fighters, warbirds, or combat sims. For that kind of flying, a HOTAS with a matched stick and throttle — covered on the HOTAS page linked below — is the better-suited category, even though some of Honeycomb's engineering quality (steel shafts, ball bearings, dampened centering) would carry over well if the company ever expanded into stick-based hardware.

Who this is for

Built for simmers flying general aviation or airliners in MSFS, X-Plane, or Prepar3D who want a yoke-and-throttle setup with real engine-management depth rather than a bare-bones stick and lever. If Xbox compatibility matters to you, budget for the XPC yoke and Xbox Hub specifically — the standard Alpha and Bravo won't get you there on their own.

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