Gladiator collection page
The Gladiator EVO is the affordable entry-level series of our modular VKB flight control system.
Featuring technology usually only found in high-end controllers, EVO controllers come with a variety of grips and optionally as right or left handed.
The Gladiator EVO base - the heart of your controller
New STM Arm 32-bit Cortex-M4 CPU with FPU:
Double the frequency of older chips affords a lot more computation capacity and better handling of trigonometrical algorithms due to on-board mathematical hardware accelerators.
This greatly increases the potential expansibility for future gaming applications.
New high-precision gimbal:
Made of glass fiber enforced plastic.
With ball bearings...yes, ball bearings on a budget joystick!
Adjustable dry clutches for user-tunable load. What?? - Yes, adjustable dry clutches on a budget joystick. Welcome to the world of high-end budget game controllers!
Y axis boasts a double clutch for extra stamina when working with the omni-throttle.
X axis can be blocked now. This together with the omni-throttle adapter will effectively turn your joystick into a fully functional throttle. (and into a collective, for the lovers of helicopters).
Extensive compatibility:
Needless to say - everything is compatible and retrocompatible across the whole GNX lineup. SCG, KG12 and F-14 grips can be swapped on one common base.
SEM, THQ, FSM modules are 100% compatible and switchable between original GNX and EVO.
Grip comparison
Features | SCG Premium | SCG Standard | F-14 | WWII KG12 |
Ideal for | Flight & Space sim - all types | Flight & Space sim - all types | Flight sim - modern fighter jets | Flight sim - Warbirds |
Omni Throttle option | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Description / Technology |
32-bit ARM Controllers inside base and grip |
Same as SCG Premium | F-14 replica grip Metal ammo switch, hat, and emergency-autopilot-disable-trigger Long travel, soft-click buttons Modular hat design (fully dismantlable, all buttons user replaceable) Ammo switch design based on contactless sensor Spring-loaded, self-centreing DLC (Direct Lift Control) manoeuvre wheel design based on contactless sensor Two-step trigger design based on cam mechanism – similar to that used in real life war planes 32-bit ARM controller as the brain of the grip |
32-bit ARM Controllers inside base and grip |
Buttons and switches |
1 Dual Action Trigger |
Same as SCG Premium excluding: 1 Rapid Fire Trigger |
1 Twist z-axis (lockable) |
1 Folding trigger (metal) |
Material |
Grip: Industrial-grade ABS |
Same as SCG Premium |
Same as SCG Premium |
Same as SCG Premium |
Comfort | 2 interchangeable palm rests (total 3 palm-size adjustments) | Same as SCG Premium | Rubber inserts for a no slip firm and handy grip with handrest | No slip grip with handrest |
Mounting options |
Table-top with heavy duty metal base plate UCM Desk mount - height adjustable (UCM-S GL) |
Same as SCG Premium | Same as SCG Premium | Same as SCG Premium |