Desk Mount Adapter - Throttle

Nothing to say but a praise. Great product. VIRPIL always delivers highest quality. Very solid. Very functional.

Product was recommended to me by a friend who has majority of his flight setup from Virpil.
Exellent build quality and easy to install (even tho i used it for another product as a mounting solution because it was most practical to use this).

Love Verpil. Their products are top notch.

Wonderful quality and sturdy. Absolutely wonderful and I cannot help buying more Virpil!

Solid build, easy to install, I find it however it keeps me too far from the desk, would have been very useful to be able to get it closer, doable maybe by Virpil in a future re-design where you get a few more hole options on the end where it meets the desk mount. You can workaround this, but from my point of view it should have been an option out of the box.

I've had no issues. It works. Simple. I use it for custom 3d printed setup for my L/R Constellation Alpha Grips with Warbrd Base.

This desk mount puts the throttle too far from the desk. Unless you sit way far back from your monitor, this thing is really uncomfortable to use. I am considering drilling mine to add two more screw holes closer to where this adaptor meets the desk mount. I think the intent was for people to put a control panel mounted vertically in front of the throttle, but this should not have been engineered for only this use case. I love Virpil, but this product does not meet my needs.

Really nice quality as all other Virpil products.

Please consider making the plate adjustable so that the Throttle can be mounted closer to the desk. It is too far back for some set ups and it's an easy fix to address.

Would be 5* otherwise!

Being 6'-4" this placed my throttle in a perfect position. Mounted it to a V2 desk mount and could not be happier. Used for my CM2 Throttle.

I use the adapter for an oldtimer Thrustmaster Cougar (F-16) throttle. Although not promised, the Cougar throttle can also be attached to it without any problems, as the smaller diameter holes fit exactly to the position of the middle four screws that hold the throttle together from below. No extra tools or screws are needed, just unscrew two of the four screws and then screw them in through the adapter.

Of course, the Cougar grip also works perfectly with the VPC MongoosT-50CM2 Base and with the stick extender.

Thank you Virpil and many more successes, I wish you had been there for twenty years!

For being roughly $18 USD it’s worth it. My only complaint is that it keeps your throttle away from your desk. If they were to make it so that you’re able to mount your throttle closer to your desk that would be perfect. Right now I have to stretch out to reach my mouse, and to comfortably reach my mouse, I have to sit rather close to the throttle. Meaning when cruising, adjusting the throttle can be uncomfortable, because I have to move my arm back so far. My arms are roughly 3 feet long. So I have plenty of reach. But when playing a flight sim, you often have to press buttons using the mouse. If they were able to make it so we can move the throttle forward at least 2” or 5cm, I think everyone would be happy. But in the meantime I’m seriously considering sending my entire mount back.

This works well with virpil's desk mount (in which case you don't need the M4 screws, you take them from the mount's bottom piece which it replaces). It creates a tight, sturdy link to the desk mount to fasten your throttle to (I'm using the Version 2 Throttle with the lit buttons).

That being said, there is some room for improvement, and I have one recommendation:

First, the minimum gap between the desk mount and the throttle is rather large; I would prefer it to be 3-5 cm smaller. Moving the throttle slightly closer to the desk makes it fit my particular desk better.

And a recommendation: I would very much welcome an optional quick-release adapter variant, perhaps a throttle bottom plate/desk mount combo: currently, I have to mount the throttle to the adapter using 4 screws. A sideway slide-in rail / lock would be much better and complement the desk mount's quick release. That way I can quickly disassemble the desk mount. I could quickly slide the throttle out of the adapter, and remove the desk mount and place the throttle on my desk without having to mes around with screws (that I'm bound to lose in 2 seconds). This means the slide should also have some rubber feet for desktop placement :)

I use one of these with the 2nd gen mongoose throttle. Works great! Feels sturdy! You definitely get more than what you pay for.

That said, for my specific configuration, I could really use some additional mounting options for the throttle that allow it to be a bit further forward. I have some difficulty finding a comfortable sitting position where I can use the switches and buttons on my throttle while still having decent access to keyboard and mouse. The mounting slots for the throttle are set back far enough to leave room for a secondary control panel, but I'm not planning to add one to my sim setup anytime soon. I'd really like to be able to have the throttle forward by about two inches for comfort.