Announcing Project VPC MongoosT-50

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31st March 2017 // Announcement No. 08

► VPC Online Store Open for Business!

 

Today the VIRPIL team are very excited to announce that our first official online store www.VIRPIL.by is open for business!

 

Located at the VPC HQ in Belarus, www.VIRPIL.by will be providing worldwide shipping and accept a number of payment methods including secure online card payments. 

 

VPC products that are available to order today:

 

• VPC MongoosT-50 Grip
  
• VPC Desk Mount
  
• VPC Extensions 50mm/75mm/100mm
  
• TMW Base and Throttle Mounting Plates
  

 

You can also track your existing order status, calculate delivery costs and get stock notifications sent straight to your email!

 

Our pre-order customers will be contacted via e-mail within the next 24 hours. If you're a pre-order customer and have not received an email within the next 24 hours, please check your spam folder or contact us at sale@virpil.com.

 

Full payment/delivery information and terms & conditions can be found at www.VIRPIL.by.

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► VPC MongoosT-50 Flightstick and Base Pre-order Started!

 

Today VPC are pleased to announce that the VPC MongoosT-50 Flightstick and Base are now available to pre-order!

 

VPC MongoosT-50 Flighstick Pre-order Page

 

VPC MongoosT-50 Base Pre-order Page

 

Any questions or issues, please email sale@virpil.com!
 

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Also as some of you may recall, we announced a prize draw for our first pre-order customers to celebrate the opening of VPC!

 

 

*VPC MongoosT-50 Pre-Order Prize Draw*

All customers who have completed a pre-order with us have been automatically entered into our VPC Pre-Order prize draw! There are 3 prizes:

• 1st Prize: VPC MongoosT-50 Grip
• 2nd Prize: VPC Desk Mount
• 3rd Prize: VPC Extension

 

Each pre-order customer has been entered into the draw for each of the products they have ordered. The winner will be chosen at random!

 

And the results are in!

 

VPC MongoosT-50 Grip Winner - Order No. 201704010031 (PROOF)

VPC Desk Mount Winner - Order No. 2017040506 (PROOF)

VPC Extension Winner - Order No. 201704100128 (PROOF)

 

Please check your order numbers! If you're the lucky winner, please contact sale@virpil.com!

[SYN_Vorlander]

Was not me

[dburne]

Just placed my Pre-Order :

T-50 Flightstick

Deskmount Bracket

Extension Set Bundle

 

 

I am really looking forward to getting this set and giving it a try!

[Irgendjemand]

I have a Grip and a base on order as well.
Looking awesome!

[SYN_Vorlander]

Has anyone received any of their orders? Im still waiting.

 

 

[VIRPILControls]

Has anyone received any of their orders? Im still waiting.

 

 

Many users have received their orders!

 

PM me your order number and I'll check the status of yours

[1PL-Husar-1Esk]

Waiting for user reviews.

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12th May 2017 // Announcement No. 11
► Introducing the VPC MongoosT-50 Black Edition Grip

Due to popular demand we have created a new evolution on the VPC MongoosT-50 Grip. The VPC MongoosT-50 Black Edition Grip.




Featuring all black buttons, flip trigger, hats and palm rest, while retaining the primary red trigger and button, the VPC MongoosT-50 B.E Grip is sleeker and more aggressive than the standard VPC MongoosT-50 Grip. The VPC MongoosT-50 B.E Grip also includes a customisable name plate to really make it yours!



The VPC MongoosT-50 B.E Grip will begin shipping from 16.05.2017. Available now at the official www.virpil.by webstore.



► VPC MongoosT-50 Left Hand Grip - Now Available!

The long awaited left handed modern fighter grip is perfect for lefty virpilots or for use in dual-stick setups alongside the standard VPC MongoosT-50 Grip. Perfectly mirroring the standard VPC MongoosT-50 Grip, you won’t miss out on the perfectly crafted ergonomics or extensive feature set with the VPC MongoosT-50 LH Grip.

The VPC MongoosT-50 LH Grip will begin shipping at the 31.05.2017. Available for pre-order now at the official www.virpil.by webstore.

Edited May 12, 2017 by vpc_virpil

[Bando]

Looks awesome.

[dburne]

Indeed, very nice looking!

[OrLoK]

Indeed, it does look very sleek.

[SYN_Vorlander]

Mine was delivered yesterday at a friends house in the UK. Now it needs to get to South Africa.

[SYN_Vorlander]

_{When will the Mongoos base be in stock?}

Edited May 16, 2017 by SYN_Vorlander

[1PL-Husar-1Esk]

@Vorlander looking forward to some feedback

[VIRPILControls]

Mine was delivered yesterday at a friends house in the UK. Now it needs to get to South Africa.

 

Excellent! Looking forward to hearing your impressions.

 

 

_{When will the Mongoos base be in stock?}

 

The MongoosT-50 Base is currently available for pre-order. Pre-orders placed before 5th May will be shipping at the end of this month. Pre-orders placed after 5th May will be shipped 10th June. 

[Irgendjemand]

Got my grip today. No time to test it out yet but i took a look on it. All i can say right now is that my first impression is AWESOME. Very high quality and very good finish. The buttons feel superb.
Base and lefthand Grip are on order and hopefully ship soon.
Ill post some pics this evening.

Edited May 17, 2017 by Irgendjemand

[Irgendjemand]

OK, I got around to do some pics.
 

[VIRPILControls]

Got my grip today. No time to test it out yet but i took a look on it. All i can say right now is that my first impression is AWESOME. Very high quality and very good finish. The buttons feel superb.

Base and lefthand Grip are on order and hopefully ship soon.

Ill post some pics this evening.

 

 

OK, I got around to do some pics.

 

Great photos! Looking forward to hearing more of your thoughts after you've had some time with it!  

[Irgendjemand]

Great photos! Looking forward to hearing more of your thoughts after you've had some time with it!

 

Will do!

[SYN_Vorlander]

Excellent cant wait to get mine

Edited May 17, 2017 by SYN_Vorlander

[Irgendjemand]

Further tests will have to wait until my base arrives:(
Currently I use a heavily modified Schreinerschmid KG20. I made it Warthog grip compatible by using MFGs SIMMRGE controllerboard.
Problem now is is that the thread i had machined on the gripadapter works well for my Warthog Grip but the Virpil thread seems to be finer and I dont want to break it trying to screw it on there. Goes a little hard and I intend to replace my Schreinerschmidbase with the Virpil base anyways.
What I can say is that it works flawlessly with the Warthog Base. Plug and play basically.
My planned setup for when my Virpil base and LH Grip of the T50 arrive:

 

Maingrip: Virpil Mongoos T50 plus Virpil Base and Virpil extensions.

Lefthand Grip (I am a Star Citizen): Warthog Base with Mongoose T50 LH grip.

Edited May 19, 2017 by Irgendjemand

[9./JG52_Hackl]

I Just placed a pre order for Black Edition stick or at least tried. No confirmation that my order took despite giving my information. Sent email to sales. Also posted question in VPC forums which does not seem very active and still no answers. I now can not re-access Virpil.by website with the username and password I have been using. The whole affair is feeling a bit shading to me. I hope I don't end up regretting trying to order from there. Feeling very miffed at the moment.

[VIRPILControls]

I Just placed a pre order for Black Edition stick or at least tried. No confirmation that my order took despite giving my information. Sent email to sales. Also posted question in VPC forums which does not seem very active and still no answers. I now can not re-access Virpil.by website with the username and password I have been using. The whole affair is feeling a bit shading to me. I hope I don't end up regretting trying to order from there. Feeling very miffed at the moment.

Hi Hackl,

 

I replied to your email a couple of days ago about the desk plate (please check your spam folder). I don't seem to have any emails from you since then though? Can you please email sale@virpil.com if you're having problems with your order.

 

I can assure you I am very active (I get instant notifications to all emails) and many people have already received their VPC gear 

Edited May 23, 2017 by vpc_virpil

[CIA_Windhawk]

Is anyone else having problems with their CC when placing a pre-order?  I've had two AMEX cards and one VISA all get rejected due to international CC issues.  I have three duplicate orders that are all unpaid that Virpil should cancel.

[CIA_Windhawk]

 

 

 

 

 

Also - is it possible to purchase one of these types of extensions?  With the two 45' bends in it?

[9./JG52_Hackl]

ah yes found it in Spam folder. Thank you for that! Still the issue of the order. I posted in VPC forum. Hope to get this figured out "in Time for new order dispersals"

Wish they had PayPal. would be so much simpler.

Hi Hackl,

I replied to your email a couple of days ago about the desk plate (please check your spam folder). I don't seem to have any emails from you since then though? Can you please email sale@virpil.com if you're having problems with your order.

I can assure you I am very active (I get instant notifications to all emails) and many people have already received their VPC gear 

 

Hi Hackl,

I replied to your email a couple of days ago about the desk plate (please check your spam folder). I don't seem to have any emails from you since then though? Can you please email sale@virpil.com if you're having problems with your order.

I can assure you I am very active (I get instant notifications to all emails) and many people have already received their VPC gear 

[VIRPILControls]

Is anyone else having problems with their CC when placing a pre-order?  I've had two AMEX cards and one VISA all get rejected due to international CC issues.  I have three duplicate orders that are all unpaid that Virpil should cancel.

 

Hi Windhawk,

 

I can't really do much from the IL2 forums - can you email sale@virpil.com and I'll get this resolved for you! 

Edited May 23, 2017 by vpc_virpil

[CIA_Windhawk]

HI Virpil,

Good to see you report in.  I already sent the info through the "contact" part of your website.  I will send you an email again from my mail client, in case it did not go through on your website.

[VIRPILControls]

HI Virpil,

Good to see you report in.  I already sent the info through the "contact" part of your website.  I will send you an email again from my mail client, in case it did not go through on your website.

 

Received and replied! 

[CIA_Windhawk]

Got my order in.  Thank for for the assistance.  Took a few back and forth emails, but Virpil helped me along.

 

For what it's worth, I had to use an AMEX, and I had to call them first to pre-approve the transaction.

[Jade_Monkey]

The joystick looks great! My only concern would be that its too tall to use on top of the desktop.

Regarding the throttle, the levers and the buttons in it look great too, but the base needs to be refined visually.

I'll definitely keep your product in mind when my X55 breaks (soon). I look forward to other users reviews as well.

Best of luck, I hope the sales go well.

[VIRPILControls]

Got my order in.  Thank for for the assistance.  Took a few back and forth emails, but Virpil helped me along.

 

For what it's worth, I had to use an AMEX, and I had to call them first to pre-approve the transaction.

 

Glad it's all sorted now! 

 

 

The joystick looks great! My only concern would be that its too tall to use on top of the desktop.

Regarding the throttle, the levers and the buttons in it look great too, but the base needs to be refined visually.

I'll definitely keep your product in mind when my X55 breaks (soon). I look forward to other users reviews as well.

Best of luck, I hope the sales go well.

 

It's true, the MongoosT-50 Flightstick is designed first and foremost as a pro-sim grade joystick intended to be used with the VPC Desk Mount or in a simpit setup rather than as a space saving desktop stick!

 

The throttle images are very early renders, look out for the full throttle announcement coming soon.

 

Thanks 

[9./JG52_Hackl]

So by saying I want a desktop version with the Desk Plate I was hoping for the stick on the right where the stick neck is not as long,  as it is in this illustration.

 

http://i.imgur.com/3lHsmR4.jpg

 

Will it not be possible for this type of set-up?

Edited May 24, 2017 by 3./JG51_Hackl

[VIRPILControls]

So by saying I want a desktop version with the Desk Plate I was hoping for the stick on the right where the stick neck is as long in this illustration.

 

http://i.imgur.com/3lHsmR4.jpg

 

Will it not be possible for this type of set-up?

 

While that particular image is an early render, it is an accurate representation of what the MongoosT-50 will be like with the desk plate

Edited May 24, 2017 by vpc_virpil

[Jade_Monkey]

Im going to have a man cave soon, so its possible that i will be able to set up the desk mount

 

I like the angle of the joystick​, which feels more natural to use the thumb and also just move the arm and not just the wrist.

Edited May 24, 2017 by Jade_Monkey

[9./JG52_Hackl]

While that's an early render, it is an accurate representation of what the MongoosT-50 will be like with the desk plate

So this is a concept illustration and not an actual available product...

 

hmmm, maybe if there was a short stem option to mod it.

Thanks guys for replies.

[VIRPILControls]

So this is a concept illustration and not an actual available product...

 

hmmm, maybe if there was a short stem option to mod it.

Thanks guys for replies.

 

The MongoosT-50 Base and Grip are real available products, that particular image you linked to was just an early render. As I said, it's just the desk plate which isn't available yet, but we're aiming for end of June. 

Edited May 24, 2017 by vpc_virpil

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25th May 2017 // Announcement No. 12

► VPC MongoosT-50 Electronics

 

The components used in the VPC MongoosT-50 control systems are of a proprietary design courtesy of the VirPil Controls design team.

 

The system consists of:

• VPC-Controller

• VPC 360° 16-bit Digital Sensors (iGMR-Based Angular Sensor)

 

 

At the heart of the control system you will find our VPC-Controller. This is based around a modern RISC AVR processor provided by Atmel. Capable of 16 million instructions per second. Data updates for axes positions and button presses are processed at 500 times per second.

 

Supporting up to 8 axes and 128 buttons, the VPC MongoosT-50 electronics will be able to support any future VPC grips.

 

 

The controller is compatible with both Windows and MacOS PCs, connecting via USB 2.0. The controller is automatically recognized without requiring any prior driver or software installations.

 

 

The VPC sensors use contactless iGMR (magnetic field) technology, based on the latest ADC chips offering 16-bit precision. The sensor chip controls the DSP processor at a speed of 8 million instructions per second and connects to the controller via a 4wire proprietary comms protocol. The resulting accuracy is a huge 32,000 readings per 360 degrees in 1 count steps (0.01° / count). The resulting accuracy across the joystick’s travel means movements as small as 0.006° are detected!

 

Our VPC-Config software meets the needs of every player, transforming the VPCockpit controls into a fully configurable professional flight tool. More information on this in our next announcement!

 

Stay tuned for further announcements at the VIRPIL.COM website.

[1PL-Husar-1Esk]

Impressive!