Plenty of sales coming up over the next little while and premium flight sim part maker VIRPIL is offering some pretty interesting Black Friday sales. Here’s how you can save if you were planning to make some purchases heading into the end of November. Stackable discounts VIRPIL makes a bunch of high end parts for…
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VIRPIL announces Constelation Alpha PRIME and MongoosT-50CM3 base
A pair of hardware announcements from VIRPIL coming out in recent days with the announcement of the VPC MongoosT-50CM3 Flightstick Base and VPC Constellation ALPHA Prime Grip. Let’s have a look! ALPHA Prime VIRPIL reports in their announcement that their Alpha grip has been a very popular product for them over the years. Its design…
VIRPIL announces VPC ACE-Torq Rudder Pedals
Flight sim and space sim hardware maker VIRPIL has announced a new rudder pedal design to join their line-up of available pedals. Introducing the VPC ACE-Torq Rudder Pedals. Let’s have a look! Based on helicopter pedals Teased earlier in the week, VIRPIL have taken the covers off and revealed the VPC ACE-Torq Rudder Pedals. According…
VIRPIL tease new hardware
A teaser posted to VIRPIL’s social media and forum is teasing a new piece of hardware that might of interest to flight sim pilots. A contest is underway to guess the new hardware’s purpose and win a chance to get the first production model. What is it ? A new piece of hardware is coming…
Flight sim news round-up for Sunday Nov 14, 2021
As with many weeks, there’s a lot of activity going on all around our community. Those articles that I haven’t had a chance to write about individually are all presented here in my news round-up for Sunday, November 14, 2021. Check it out! VPC releases SharKa-50 control panel VPC have increased their number of available…
VPC’s new helicopter gear sure to delight sim helicopter pilots
The flight sim helicopter market has been underserved by hardware makers over the years but that all seems to be changing as various companies start offering new gear that appeals to the helicopter enthusiasts. The newest, the VPC Hawk-60 Collective Grip has just been offered for sale. Let’s have a look! VPC Hawk-60 Collective Grip…
VIRPIL hosting a DCS Helicopter Racing server
DCS has really leaned into helicopter flying this year and hardware makers VIRPIL have seen which way the wind has been blowing and have been busy releasing helicopter oriented hardware to match. To raise the profile of helicopter flying (and their hardware) even more, VIRPIL is now hosting a competition server for helicopter pilots. Here’s…
VIRPIL MT-50CM3 first impressions and your questions answered
This is part two of my three-part series reviewing the VPC MongoosT-50CM3 Throttle throttle. I’ve been using the new throttle for a couple of weeks now and it’s time to put together some of my first impressions. From out of the box to first flights The first thing that strikes me about the CM3 throttle…
VIRPIL MongoosT-50CM3 review part 1: The unboxing
As some of you know, VIRPIL was nice enough to send me one of their latest pieces of flight sim hardware, the VPC MongoosT-50CM3 Throttle for review. I’ve decided to break my review of the unit into three pieces which gives me a chance to spend more time reviewing the unit for the full review…
Gearing up to review a new piece of hardware!
It’s been a while since I did my last hardware review but I have a few reviews that I’d like to do starting off with VIRPIL’s latest throttle – the VPC MongoosT-50CM3 throttle. A review unit just arrived at Stormbirds HQ and here’s a little teaser of what I’m going to be thoroughly testing. Battle…
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