Meridian GMT, the company founded by former Honeycomb Aeronautical and Saitek designer Nikki Repening, have just wrapped up their #FSExpoFriday presentation.
Nikki started by setting out the company philosophy. The idea is to design flight sim hardware products that scale in their complexity in a modular fashion, meaning that a new simmer can buy an entry-level product which scales up with their experience over, for example, 5 years.
Nikki showed off the first Tango throttle, which was previously shown off at FSWeekend. The product has now gone from being a digital render to a physical product, however Nikki said sadly there is not a build ready to be used on the show floor this weekend.
Nikki has also teamed up with Donny, who runs a successful Etsy shop selling custom throttle lever sets for the Honeycomb Bravo. Nikki said that Donny has now joined the company and had a lot of ideas for the throttle, which will be put into the production version when it is ready for manufacture.
The product promises unprecedented levels of modularity, and was shown on stage in a twin prop GA config – but we also saw new renders of the Airbus and Boeing module kits which can bolt on. For the Airbus example, this will include a full FCU, EFIS, auto-brake and more. The throttle levers will also feature detents.
We also got a look at the Boeing-specific configuration of the Meridian Yoke. Although this was also just a render at this early stage,
