Real World Boeing 787 Pilot Tries the Thrustmaster Boeing Yoke: Is it Real Enough? MSFS

What a cute FO 🥰

I modded my yoke with the creative use of small bungees I bought at the hardware store, in order to increase the force required to pull on it, and to deflect the yoke sideways (ailerons). This has made all the difference!

Great video. It irks me slightly when companies says something is “1:1” and then add a bunch of switches. I get why they do it, practicality. But it is not 1:1 after you add or take away something.

I love this yoke. I have it paired with the Bravo, and it's a perfect combo. Because I use VKB pedals, I use the yoke mini throttle for toe brakes and it's landing gear handle for parking brake! And I frequently use the tablet holder too.

18:22 the thrust master pendular rudder pedals are excellent, worth every penny.

Great review! Love the content!

Loved the yoke cam. Flightdeck2sim uses it a lot and it's very interesting to see how a real pilot handles the controls, and how an experienced streamer sets up their sim station. You should use it more! Nice footage of the FO too - what is it with cats and boxes??

Hello Cpt and thanks for a great open and honest review. I have the Boeing yoke and love it! Sadly though I've had to reluctantly switch back to the Honeycomb item for now, due to the physical size of the ThrustMaster. I only have a limited amound of desk space available and not having the space for my keyboard I found to be a major issue. With the shape and size of Honeycombe yoke, I'm able to have it on an underslung shelf below my keyboard, freeing up the desk. I whole heartedly agree though that Boeing yoke is a great piece of kit.

Just in time before I purchase it haha. Thanks ❤

Very nice review. Any chance you could give us an update on how the Airbus TCA is doing after some years of use :)

Very nice review! and here I am using an airbus sidestick with boeing aircaft 😂

Great review, thank you. I"m already sold on the yoke, but would most likely try to find a Honeycomb Bravo with the Boeing adapters before I use the thrust level panel.

Love this yoke I’ve been using it for arround a year now and I had some drift in my yoke so I disabled the hat switch and that fixed it

Surprisingly works remarkably well with helicopters too

This is one of the nicest mid-range Yokes out there (short of getting a Bruner or something facny), it's much nicer than the Honeycomb Alpha I think, especially in pitch, I could never get on with the Alpha, the pitch was too heavy and wanted to return to centre all the time, I felt you fought that rather than being able to get fine control over the pitch which you can in the Thrustmaster boeing. Good review.

I’ve had this for a couple years and it works great. The throttle feels good but the dial is crap and I don’t use it. The yoke is certainly its strong point. I use the two black buttons on the throttle (right side) for flaps up/down. Makes more sense. I use the triggers on the yoke for Tobii eye tracker. Left button for AP disconnect, right for AT off. Trim up down left side and aileron and rudder trim on the right side. That’s pretty much the extend of my button usage. I rarely touch the rudder or aileron unless in a GA, like the TBM (rudder).

Have it for a few months and really made flying Boeings a lot of fun. Really got used to flying with the HUD on the 737 and 787, so finding it hard to handfly the 777. Find the FD a bit hard to follow.

Looks good to me.

Thanks

Best FO ever, I’m sure he can handle atc and read checklists :) not sure about flying tho…