I talked to the Virpil guy last week, as I wanted to pick up one of his T50 sticks to compared it to the VKB once it's out.
The problem with it for my use is the dimensions. It's designed only to be used in their elevator-type desk clamp deal, OR with a stick extension in a home cockpit. It's too high to use on your desk, as they had old pictures of a Warthog type plate you could mount the stick too, but when I spoke to him he said that didn't work out well, as the stick and box that holds the gimbal/control unit is just too high. Using it on a desk is pretty much impossible. So, be aware of that with the Virpil, you need to use their desk clamp deal or an extension and have it on the floor, both of which I don't like as I hate having my forearm and elbow hanging in the air or on an armrest, I prefer them on the desk a bit. Otherwise, from the 2 guys I know that have the T50, they've said it's so overbuilt it's almost like a warhammer. I'll post pics my friend took of it as he took at all the way apart as he's a firearm machinist himself, and wanted to see the workmanship. It's fantastic, best he's seen he said and the pics prove it, and he said it'll out live him, easily, and has it in his F4 home built cockpit.
You also have to buy the desk mount for the stick, and of course for your throttle as you can't have the stick on a mount and the throttle on the desk, as you'd have to sit at a 45 degree angle or so to reach both, heh. I'll link pics from their website of various cockpit setups, fantastic. Some various stick height options too. If I could fly with my arm/elbow/etc off the desk, I'd be using one of these in a flash. You can buy the stick to fit the WH base, but 1/2 the quality and precision, if not 9/10 really, comes from their base.
https://virpil.com/en/gallery
