When Microsoft, after a decade-long hiatus, relaunched its now 40-year-old Flight Simulator series in 2020, it reignited interest in a genre that had long been a mainstay of PC gaming. It’s one thing ...

Flight yokes are key to getting an authentic experience when playing a flight simulator, but [Michel Rechtin] didn’t want to pay big money for a commercially-available solution. He ended up building a ...

Honeycomb Aeronautical showcased a range of accessories for Microsoft Flight Simulator at the Flight Sim Expo. Among them, there’s a revision of its iconic Alpha Flight Controls yoke. The new Alpha ...

If you want to experience what it's like to fly a Boeing 747 or Dreamliner, you'll want to use yoke controls rather than a side stick. Unlike Airbus, Boeing doesn't go in for all that stick malarkey, ...

I love a weird controller, and Honeycomb’s Echo Aviation controller might be my new “I don’t need it, but I want it”. It’s made specifically for flight simulators, like Microsoft Flight Simulator and ...

A good flight simulator is way more than just a game. As flight sim technology has gotten more and more accurate, and realistic tools have become increasingly affordable, setting up a simulator at ...