VKB Gladiator For Elite Dangerous in Europe - "Kosmosima"
Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2017 17:11
Hi All,
I have been following VKB for a while now and am very interested in their products. I just wanted to clarify a few things and make sure that my understanding is correct.
I know that the VKB branded Gladiator MKII will not be sold in Europe and will be produced by various 3rd party companies with vary degrees of changes to the VKB original design.
So that leaves us in Europe with the VKB branded Gladiator Pro MKII. Up until I found out that the Gladiator MKII wasn't coming to Europe I wasn't looking at the Pro MKII due to price and lack of twist action on the grip. However I have head that the upcoming Kosmosima grip may include twist and thus bring twist to the Gladiator Pro MKII. Is this known/confirm yet?
I'm very interested in the upcoming throttle controller so all in all this is looking like it's getting expensive due to the lack of Gladiator in Europe. Even more so if the twist action isn't available in the new Grip and I end up needing Rudder Pedals as well.
Gladiator Pro MKII - €211
Throttle €200??
Kosmosima €100??
Pedal €170
€681???
Wow ...
I'm guessing that ordering a Gladiator MKII from the US would be fine as it's a licensing issue rather than a technical issue? Or am I missing something here? The reason I've been so interested in VKB is their attention to detail and quality of the components etc which is why I'm not really interested in buying the 3rd party versions if they have essentially cut corners in the VKB design.
Any info/help on this would be really great.
Regarrds,
James
I have been following VKB for a while now and am very interested in their products. I just wanted to clarify a few things and make sure that my understanding is correct.
I know that the VKB branded Gladiator MKII will not be sold in Europe and will be produced by various 3rd party companies with vary degrees of changes to the VKB original design.
So that leaves us in Europe with the VKB branded Gladiator Pro MKII. Up until I found out that the Gladiator MKII wasn't coming to Europe I wasn't looking at the Pro MKII due to price and lack of twist action on the grip. However I have head that the upcoming Kosmosima grip may include twist and thus bring twist to the Gladiator Pro MKII. Is this known/confirm yet?
I'm very interested in the upcoming throttle controller so all in all this is looking like it's getting expensive due to the lack of Gladiator in Europe. Even more so if the twist action isn't available in the new Grip and I end up needing Rudder Pedals as well.
Gladiator Pro MKII - €211
Throttle €200??
Kosmosima €100??
Pedal €170
€681???
Wow ...
I'm guessing that ordering a Gladiator MKII from the US would be fine as it's a licensing issue rather than a technical issue? Or am I missing something here? The reason I've been so interested in VKB is their attention to detail and quality of the components etc which is why I'm not really interested in buying the 3rd party versions if they have essentially cut corners in the VKB design.
Any info/help on this would be really great.
Regarrds,
James