Virpil Control Panel 2: The ULTIMATE Flight Sim Accessory?
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- čas přidán 7. 07. 2024
- This is my review of the Virpil Control Panel 2. I've been testing this Virpil accessory for a few months, I've put it through its paces with the likes of DCS, IL2, MSFS, and x-plane. It's been one of my favorite flight simulation product tests so far!
If you already own the Virpil Control Panel 2 or any Virpil products let me know in the comments. Let me know in the comments. I'm keen to hear from Anyone that's purchased on of the other Virpil Control Panels or the Virpil Throttle.
00:00 Virpil Control Panel 2 Review Introduction
00:47 Virpil Control Panel 2 Design & Build Quality
01:25 Virpil Control Panel 2 Features
04:58 Virpil Control Panel 2 Switch Sound
07:53 Best Flight Simulators for the Virpil Control Panel 2
10:19 Virpil Control Panel 2: Pros & Cons
11:20 Conclusion
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After 11 years I upgraded from Warthog by thurstmaster to complete Virpal Hotas and will expand with the collective and 64D grip!! Yes this is on the road map, too, lmao!! Sadly I get motion sickness with vr, so sadly no!!
Great devices but my favourite Virpil panel is the VPC SharKa-50 Control Panel. I use it in MSFS and the 4 axis levers cover 1, 2 & 4 engine aircraft well enough and the ability to customise the selector switch with modifier for the encoders is a great way to switch between AP modes and change values. Love this unit.
Never used the sharka but it does look like a great unit from what I can see. Quite a few different ways you could use it I reckon.
There is a VERY advantageous possibility which wasn't mentioned here and deserves to be pointed out:
Virpil's peripherals allow for 'pass through' functionality. If owning their throttle, HERE is where the real magic comes in...
The throttle console offers a five-way mode selection dial. This allows for the six buttons it has (along with any other controls on it, if desired) are multiplied by five. It effectively lets you switch between five 'pages' of controls, meaning you get access to not just six buttons, but thirty.
However, if you connect another of their peripherals to the throttle? That mode selector would also act as a five-step shift control for THAT device, too! You connect this to the throttle? Every switch, lever and button on THIS also multiplies by five (or as many/few as the user defines). It's a force multiplier! You haven't just bought one panel, you have five virtual ones!
So, say we decide to put the dial switch to position one for anything to do with take-offs and landings. You could have those flip-up switches dictate the engines turning on/off. Or have this lever (or the throttle's own) dictate landing gear. But you switch the dial to other positions, when you're flying around? Well, we won't need landing gear commands. So, you can tell those flip-up switches to be in control of jettison for fuel tanks or the levers to dictate thrust vectoring angle or a degree of wing sweep.
If you have VR, this offers obvious massive advantages. You have to remember, by touch, which mode you've put the switch in, but that could always be augmented with gluing something for each selected position.
If you don't? You can instruct the software to have the buttons light up in a large array of different colours. Switch it over to one mode or another and it will go to whichever colour you want, allowing for an at-a-glance reminder of which mode it is. The same colour schemes can be applied to this panel's LEDs, to make one huge console which has a uniform lighting scheme.
This also applies to any other control panel or flight stick of Virpils which is connected to the throttle.
The software may allow any button on all devices to act as shift switches, I honestly don't know. But a five-way one dial clearly offers some astounding possibilities.
Thanks so much for the insight and the effort you put in for explaining this. I’m sure others will find it very useful.
Looks beautiful. I have the CM3 and its phenomenal coupled with a VKB MCG Ultimate 😛. Most likely Ill buy one of these when I start building my pit
Yea, it’s a stunning piece of kit
I have this unit switches are top quality. I have set up my LED's to change colour when say the Landing gear is deployed they will change from Green to Red etc. Top quality product well worth the Bucks. My Delivery was quick maybe because I brought ti when it was first released.
How long you reckon your delivery was. I know quite a few people that were waiting over 6 weeks
@G-LOC MEDIA mine was pre order and came out with the first batch. Be advised because we are no longer in the EU they will slap a Customs charge on top so best factor thus in.
@@rapidrapid2589 I’m Australia so we don’t get charged anything if it’s under $1000Aud in value.
I just got the Alpha Prime with an extension with the CM3 base and really like it. There was a flash sale last week on the CM3 throttle, which was 10% off and free delivery, saves about £70, so that will be me done for now. Later I’ll get a collective, probably with a left prime and the new Warbird D for Star Citizen, and maybe one of these. All adds up though, but will last for years.
Now that’s a deal!
@@g-locmedia EUTHROTTLE-FLASH10 but it’s probably expired.
@@doifeellucky will be a little while before I pick up a throttle but it will happen this year I’m sure.
I own both panel 1 and 2 and together the 6 bottom buttons from both panels can be used to replicate the buttons of the F16 ICP.
That's a great way to use it
The fact that they build to order & then send quality Item is something, I personally like.
Pay more for something that will last 10 years imo Is a concept we are luck to get in the ''High End Flight sim'' for the last 8 years.
But I'll agree the average buyer is so impulsive now a day that might trigger their ocd.
I personally own the Original CM2 throttle & the Collective & they look & work like they did out of the box 6 years ago
Great to know they’ve lasted you so long. Virpil great is something else.
ive been wanting this for a while to be fair lol
You looking to get one of these?
Yeah probably real soon
Price is a bit steep so it'll be when I get the money lol. Garden sucking up my funds currently but as soon as it's established back to the cockpit lmao
Never knew that bit of kit existed....now I can’t un-see it ! No reason to buy it at the moment, who knows what the future holds. I wonder if they will update it to have the buttons as configurable displays? That would make it totally perfect .
Now that would be epic!!!!
Not quite sure what you mean with regard to a configurable display but I can recommend the stream deck XL if you want configurable buttons.
@@doifeellucky yea the stream deck is an excellent option. I have all of them. So useful in flight sim.
@@doifeellucky I mean have buttons like the streamdeck whereby you can change the button design through software. I imagine that would have A) complicated the design B) taken the cost beyond being practical dor a rather niche product.
I have this Unit, It's Great, also waiting on a SharKa-50 Control Panel. They are pure Quality.
They certainly are!
Other than the Gear lever, I'd rather have a Stream Deck XL You cant tell if a switch is on or off. No backlighting (names).
The stream deck xl’s are good. I have one. I’ve set the main switches to momentary push. Using both though you’re fully covered.
So Far I have had to Wait 1 or 2 Months for a order to be delivered. I have had 4 orders. My last one came just a week ago it was ordered in march and just came last week. I have Panel 1 and I keep thinking Panel 2 would be good to have. I can't figure out if I am addicted and want it or if I need it and can use it ...??????? thinking about it.
That would be a lot of buttons but would look very very cool.
@@g-locmedia lol the crazy thing is I have every one mapped for just the P-51D on all 3 units throttle panel 1 and stick.
@@dishdoggiegaming7254 flight simulation anonymous for you lol! That’s an addiction. Hard not to be!
A petty thing but I wish the landing gear matched the Flap slider on the Virpil throttle unit. That white round thing taints the panel in my opinion. Again a small critique as I am a huge Virpil fan.
Thats good feedback. I'm with you n that one.
Not all the switches have lights on them?
Just those square clear cube buttons have backlighting with the customisable labels.
These momentary switches imo makes no sense. Making some 2-position and some 3-position switches would make this device more usefull (as most of the ingame switches work that way). Right now the only thing that seems usefull is that landing gear and maybe knobs with push function.