Just bumping this thread because I’m starting to think of upgrading to a Virpil set up. I recently upgraded my old Thrustmaster T1600 to the X56 Rhino. To be honest though I’m not getting on hugely well with the X56. The throttle quadrant is ok but moves too much on my desk (I can’t screw it down) and I find it does suffer from drift if its too loose and too stiff when its tightened.
Its the X56 stick I have the biggest issues with though. It just seems really cheaply made and wobbly for whats supposed to be a mid range HOTAS. I find the left right yawl axis particularly annoying and badly engineered.
Anyway as I say I’m thinking of upgrading again to a Virpil HOTAS. It does look great quality and obviously comes with a high pedigree. My question really is has anyone here upgraded from an X56? If so how did you find it? Is it worth all that extra money?