Meridian GMT - hardware announcements
The new company of former Honeycomb CEO. There was a bit of talk about overall design philosophy and direction he wants to take long term, nothing too interesting, modularity focus, growth in place etc
Three products announced.
Sierra Plus yoke. Basically a redesigned Alpha, with minor improvements to mechanics. Big thing is there will be replaceable panels so you can change between GA or airliner accessories. IMHO there should be a version with no accessories (a la new Honeycomb Alpha Lite). MSRP $299
Tango Plus throttle quadrant. The big one, hugely modular throttle quadrant. Everything should be modular. There is a panel over axes that can be specific to the aircraft and includes detents. The 4 pictures are the ones included with the product. While the annunciator panel is static, it's made of little LCD screens so it will adapt to whichever aircraft you are flying and show appropriate lights and colors. Then there is a replaceable autopilot panel, shown are GA option based on a Garmin radio and AP, the 737 MCP and an Airbus FCU. No price given.
The company plans to work with community makers like those who sell Bravo throttle sets on Etsy and eBay to support them with creating custom plates including access to blank plates at cost and access to company store.
- X-ray Xbox controller. Very cool, FS focused XBOX controller. I think this is great actually, for easy entry into simming hardware and/or casual big screen enjoyment. No price given.
Working prototypes are expected to be at FS Expo in June