New Throttle **Detents**

[Phantom88]

 

[imacken]

Already ordered!  Roll on end of January!

[Phantom88]

I'm wondering after the dust settles in a few moths if They'll offer a "Retro Kit" to fit my older[less than a year]CM2 Throttle?

[imacken]

I’ll be selling my CM2 on eBay. Probably only lose about £100. 

[Apar]

7 hours ago, imacken said:

I’ll be selling my CM2 on eBay. Probably only lose about £100. 

Lose £100 but you buying the CM3 at additional £50

[imacken]

Eh, of course, but that’s the price you pay for the CM3. Nothing you can do about that. (Well, actually Virpil gave CM2 owners like me 10% off the CM3). I’m talking about what to do with your CM2.

[Flia]

Dream come true. Finally they did it

[dburne]

Oh wow, reckon I am going to have to get me one of these.

[MileHiRyder]

I was all set to order the CM2 along with an Alpha grip and Warbird base a few days ago but thought I'd take another look at the forums and reviews before proceeding.  Glad I held off because one of the hesitancies I had about the purchase (including the high price) was the lack of a detents option.  I placed my pre-order yesterday for the CM3, Alpha grip/Warbird base HOTAS.   Now I'll just have to wait a few months before I find out if the upgrade over my aging X52 Pro setup is worth the price of admission.

[Sabre_Ewan]

@imackenI'll take that CM2 off your hands when the time comes

3 hours ago, MileHiRyder said:

I was all set to order the CM2 along with an Alpha grip and Warbird base a few days ago but thought I'd take another look at the forums and reviews before proceeding.  Glad I held off because one of the hesitancies I had about the purchase (including the high price) was the lack of a detents option.  I placed my pre-order yesterday for the CM3, Alpha grip/Warbird base HOTAS.   Now I'll just have to wait a few months before I find out if the upgrade over my aging X52 Pro setup is worth the price of admission.

There's no need to wait. I'll tell you right now that it will be worth it!

[imacken]

9 minutes ago, Sabre_Ewan said:

@imackenI'll take that CM2 off your hands when the time comes

I tried to send you a message, but I just get a Sabre_Ewan can’t accept messages error!

If you are serious about that, drop me a message. 

[dburne]

Strongly considering ordering this, but from looking at the pics not sure it will mount to my Warthog Throttle plate on my Monster Tech Mount for throttle.

May have to wait and see if Monster Tech can offer a plate for this new throttle...

 

Edit: I see they have an adapter for their mount for it, that is always an option I guess.

Edited December 6, 2020 by dburne

[Kercheiz]

On 12/4/2020 at 11:20 PM, Phantom88 said:

I'm wondering after the dust settles in a few moths if They'll offer a "Retro Kit" to fit my older[less than a year]CM2 Throttle?

Same case here...

 

Unfortunately they had to increase slightly the shaft length to accomodate the detents. Changing the shafts with all the cables passing through is beyond a retrofit kit I guess.

[Phantom88]

11 hours ago, galinette said:

Same case here...

 

Unfortunately they had to increase slightly the shaft length to accomodate the detents. Changing the shafts with all the cables passing through is beyond a retrofit kit I guess.

OK,Thanks for the info

[Sabre_Ewan]

As far as I'm aware they've never done any kind of upgrade kit. Sometimes they'll give a very slight discount to owners of an earlier model, but that's all.

[dburne]

Anyone know if the CM3 throttle would mount to a Monster Tech Warthog plate? Would save me a little if it would.

[Drac]

Just pre-ordered the CM3.  Hope it is worth the money.

[Sabre_Ewan]

3 hours ago, dburne said:

Anyone know if the CM3 throttle would mount to a Monster Tech Warthog plate? Would save me a little if it would.

They sell an adapter plate for 24.95€.

https://virpil-controls.eu/vpc-mongoost-50cm2-throttle-tmw-throttle-mounting-adapter.html

[dburne]

1 hour ago, Sabre_Ewan said:

They sell an adapter plate for 24.95€.

https://virpil-controls.eu/vpc-mongoost-50cm2-throttle-tmw-throttle-mounting-adapter.html

 

Aha I did not see that in my browsing earlier, yes that should do it thanks much!

 

Edit: Well they show the throttle as pre-order of course, on the adapter plate they show it as back ordered.

So hopefully they will get some in by the time the throttle is available... But that will work beautifully!

 

Edited December 8, 2020 by dburne

[deyv]

After my thrustmaster warthog's pinky switch failure (maybe I will try to repair it but dont know is worth-switch need be replace and soldering such a thin cables... might be waste of time for me) I've started to search for new thing and found VIRPIL throttle... first checked-out the CM2 but looks like CM3 with 2 stage afterburner detend is coming... found just one review on the YT but looks promising... guys what's your impression about those throttles? Warthog is ok... just throttle pinky switch went down and I feel after those 3 years mic button and generally all push type buttons wear out and no longer run as smoothly (incuding joystick). VIRPIL looks promising... but like I said wondering whats your experience with it?

Edited December 9, 2020 by deyv

[imacken]

I am impressed by Virpil kit and have been committed to it - bases, grips, throttle - for some time now. 

Before I moved to Virpil, I was a TM man, with Warthog HOTAS and Hornet grip.  I can honestly say, that the Virpil throttle is better in every respect - precision, number of hats, buttons, switches, etc. - than the Warthog throttle. Unless you want a A-10C replica, of course!

[Lynchsl62]

18 hours ago, dburne said:

Anyone know if the CM3 throttle would mount to a Monster Tech Warthog plate? Would save me a little if it would.

MonsterTech do a mounting plate for the CM2 Throttle, the CM2 Throttle has the same mounting configuration as the Control Panel and using the mounting kit from Virpil you can mount both on the MonsterTech desk stand, this is my latest configuration.

 

https://virpil-controls.eu/vpc-desk-mount-v2-v3-adapter-control-panel.html

 

The CM2 was delivered yesterday shipping just before the CM3 was announced. Personally I don't fly afterburner jets much, prefer the simpler early generation jets, but with the F-8, F-1 and Mig 23 on the distant horizon that may change, but for the time being got more than enough to play with 

[imacken]

Out of interest, what do you use your Control Panel for?  I've often thought about buying one, but then I think, what would use it for given that there are so many hats, buttons, switches, etc. on the CM2 throttle/Alpha grip combo?

[Lynchsl62]

6 hours ago, imacken said:

Out of interest, what do you use your Control Panel for?  I've often thought about buying one, but then I think, what would use it for given that there are so many hats, buttons, switches, etc. on the CM2 throttle/Alpha grip combo?

Not too sure I bought the Control Panel first to augment the Warthog HOTAS Throttle which had meagre switches. Was impressed with the control panel and feedback on the CM2 Throttle that I decided to purchase that. Early days of the set up but so far satisfied. The Throttle and Control Panel can be set up in to different sections for switches such as avionics and general setting on the control panel and weapons on the throttle - but yes there are a lot of functions on the 2 devices. Add to this mix a Realsimulator F18 Grip which has 8 modes for all the buttons and switches and there is more than I can remember. If you have not looked at Realsimulator gear I can only recommend it, the grip quality surpasses anything out there and added to a FSSB R3 base - flying modern FBW jets is a joy

 

I fly a lot in LM Prepar3D and the Control Panel helps out a lot there

[Kercheiz]

23 hours ago, imacken said:

Out of interest, what do you use your Control Panel for?  I've often thought about buying one, but then I think, what would use it for given that there are so many hats, buttons, switches, etc. on the CM2 throttle/Alpha grip combo?

 

I fly the Mirage 2000 mostly, and the panel is very handy in VR, where you need clear and simple command placement. I use the pots for radio volumes, encoders for channels, guarded switches for master arm and jettison, buttons for PCA and external views, etc... There could be some way to do this on the HOTAS only but it would certainly be less intuitive, especially when you need to reach everything blindly in VR with muscle memory and touch only.

Edited December 10, 2020 by galinette