I wrote about the teasers yesterday and now VIRPIL have revealed their plans for the VIRPIL Controls Advanced Flight Yoke Project. Let’s have a look!
Kickstarter yoke with swappable controls
This is a pretty interesting development and the first time that VIRPIL have dipped their toes into the civilian flight sim market. Their stated goal is to create the best yoke at an attainable price. VIRPIL do tend to create premium priced controls so their target price is E500. Not unheard of in this space.
VIRPIL are intending to offer high quality components, contactless sensors, a lot of adjustments, and an ecosystem of swappable yoke handles. They’ve already shown off both a Boeing style control and an Embraer style handlebar yoke. Should be interesting to say the least.
Force Feedback was addressed and they say that this project will not have FFB. They are however working with an industry veteran according to the Q&A so future products may feature it.
Interesting as well is their intent to offer the project as a kickstarter first. This is to assess interest in the project and see what an initial order might look like. They say the risk to backers should be low as they are an established company and refunds if the project doesn’t work out will be processed. Backers will also get a discount on the initial order if it does go through. A nice bit of incentive.
Read more about this over on the VIRPIL Facebook page.
What do you think? Will you back a VIRPIL yoke system? Which yoke style would you like to see? Let me know in the comments.
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