grant977 Posted March 11, 2020 Posted March 11, 2020 I received my vkb Tomcat on the gunfighter III base over the weekend. I have to say the feel of the stick when compared to my warthog I have used for years is just not as good. The warthog seems smoother with the longer more consistent throw. Mind you I have the vkb table top to extension. If I were to get the 4cm extension could that improved thing. . Also the super light plastic stick when compared with then heft of the warthog and hornet sticks ijuat feels so bad to me. Overall I am disappointed. Ps if there are any virpil vfx owners out there can you describe the stick to me? Is it simulacra weight to the warthog and or hornet, is it metal, and have you used it with the warthog base.
r4y30n Posted March 12, 2020 Posted March 12, 2020 The VFX is a really nice grip. If you can look past it being plastic I recommend it. No idea what it's like on a Warthog base other than losing the axes but Virpil's base is really solid, super adjustable (pitch and roll can be adjusted separately) and very precise (16-bit contactless sensors, if I remember right).
Quid Posted March 12, 2020 Posted March 12, 2020 I got mine late last week and I've actually found I'm loving it for the Tomcat specifically (imagine that). I have a Warthog, and no, the VKB isn't built like a tank, but the biggest complaint I had in my head after testing it out was how light it felt to pull/roll. I went ahead and put some of the included additional springs into my Gunfighter base and now the thing feels a lot more like how the Warthog did from at least a stick force level. Plastic won't ever feel as solid as metal, so from that perspective, yeah, metal would have been nice, but that one change made a lot of difference for me, and I'm actually very happy with it now. With respect to your other questions, IIRC, VKB's sticks aren't compatible with the Warthog base, only Virpil's. Virpil's V.F.X. is also plastic (polyurethane vs. ABS), not metal. Rig: i9 10900KF @5.3GHz | 64GB G.Skill DDR4 3600MHz | ASUS ROG STRIX RTX 3090 24GB OC | ASUS Maximus XII Formula | 2x 2TB Intel SSD6 NVMe M.2 | VKB F-14CG on Gunfighter III Base | TM Warthog HOTAS | TM Rudder Pedals | HP Reverb G2 Hangar: FC3 | F-86F | F-4E [Pre-Ordered] | F-5E | F-14A/B | F-15E | F-16C | F/A-18C | Mirage 2000C | JF-17 | MiG-15bis | MiG-19P | MiG-21bis | AJS-37 | AV-8B | L39 | C-101 | A-10C/CII | Yak-52 | P-51D | P-47D | Fw 190 A-8/D-9 | Bf 109 | Spitfire | I-16 | UH-1 Huey
grant977 Posted March 12, 2020 Author Posted March 12, 2020 I have been playing around with the springs for the gunfighter and addded weights to the base plate feels much better now.
VirusAM Posted March 12, 2020 Posted March 12, 2020 Should be abs (similar to plastic) R7-5800X3D 64GB RTX-4090 LG-38GN950 N/A Realsimulator FFSB MKII Ultra+F-16 grip+F/A-18 grip, VKB Stecs Max, VKB T-Rudder MKV, Razer Tartarus V2 Secrets Lab Tytan, Monstertech ChairMounts
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