But the upshot is that now I have time to wait (and save) for the Gunfighter! bwhahahahaha!!
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PatMan33 wrote:I want the community's opinion here.
Now that the Vintange Mamaba is on sale do you think I should go for that or wait for the Gunfighter? As I understand it, the Gunfighter will be the next iteration of VKB's high end sticks and will supersede the Black Mamba. Is this correct? Also, does the Vintage Mamba have the new gimbal? I didn't see that anywhere, but maybe I just missed it.
That is correct - the Gunfighter will supercede the Mamba. And yes, the Vintage Mamba will have the new gimbal, too. From the announcement "...The Vintage Fat Black Mamba includes a WWII style grip which will also be found on the upcoming Gladiator line of joysticks. By combining this vintage looking grip with the high-tech Fat Black Mamba base, which includes our next-gen gimbal..."
Finally, since the Gunfighter is part of a "modular HOTAS" setup, I suppose the lack of switches and knobs will be covered by whatever sort of throttle VKB creates in the future?
I always found the Fat Mamba base to be overloaded, but I was dying to have the Russian-style grip, so I went for it. I would have preferred the Mamba without that overloaded base, but the main reason to purchase it for me was the Russian-style grip - the last of its kind. Like you, however, I do hope that VKB will have some modern throttle in store for us rather sooner than later, offering a lot of configuration options.
Either way I suspect I won't be getting the Vintage either since it is very limited quantity and the money I had been saving for the Mamba has already gone into savings. So I'm playing the waiting game again. hue :U
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