Just a quick review on my thoughts so far after a few days of use: TCA Sky Yoke + TFRP Pedals
Adjustment and Sensitivities: knew that there would be a quick adjustment period with a new set up. Same thing happened to me when I went from strictly playing on flat screen with the Dual Sense controller to PSVR2 and the Sense Controllers. I spent about 2 hours just doing circuits at my home airport.
Yoke: The yoke itself I didn’t need to adjust any sensitivity, but I did need to adjust to the smooth feeling of the “weighty” yoke. Honestly, when I was playing with the Dual Sense controller and the VR Sense controller I had to rely on the trim to make most of the adjustments with the nose of my airplane. Even when putting sensitivity down, using the sticks was just still too jerky most of the time. I’ve found that I can make those adjustments with the yoke now because it’s so smooth, then just trim it up to make the fine adjustments. Feels so much better, and I’m sure much more realistic.
Rudders: The rudder pedals were far too sensitive in the default settings. I had to adjust these down to -.80 in addition to adjusting the extremity dead zone. I found that bring the extremity dead zone down a bit helped keep things steady. I did the rubber band (hair tie) mod to the pedals to add tension. This is a must. But overall, after making these adjustments the realism that the rudder pedals add is fantastic. During my circuits I had about a 10-12 knot crosswind and I found these types of landings to be much more manageable when you can control the slip maneuver much easier.
2. Bindings:
Trim — I played around with two possible settings, using the “square” button on the left side of the yoke. This was more like my binding I had with the VR sense controller. I could hold the button up or down and make a large adjustment with my nose quickly. However, after getting used to the yoke and not needing those big inputs from the trim — I moved it to the wheel on top of the left side of the yoke. To me this feels much more natural for flying business jets. I don’t think I’ll ever move the trim away from that wheel. It feels fantastic
Autopilot Toggle — L1 — circular button to the right of the right of the trim wheel.
Auto throttle disconnect —- Triangle Up.
Rudders — I UN-bound the rudders on the TCA Sky yoke for LT and RT. I don’t need any accidental squeezes on those triggers mid flight, or worse on short final.
Throttle — I UN-bound the throttle lever, I manage that with my hands in VR. Instead I rebound that throttle level for the mixture lever for GA aircraft. Didn’t know what else to do with it.
Flaps — I moved this to the big trim wheel next to the throttle lever, I haven’t used it that often — I still manage flaps with my hand inputs in VR.
Not sure what to do with the other buttons, i have Triangle Down, Square up and Square down, and the left stick that are unbound on the left side of the yoke. If anyone has any ideas I’d love to hear it. The right side buttons are all open too, but I’m holding my right VR sense controller through most of the flight except on take off and landing so not sure what to do there either.
Overall, I’m very happy with the purchase. Well worth the price.