i wouldn't recommend the cheaper sticks. they spoil really
easily. i've gone through two cheap microsoft or logitech sticks
already. what i would suggest is, if you wanna have the best stick,
get the cougar from thrustmaster. that one's like 500 or 600 bucks,
but its what the USAF uses to train its pilots. if you don't wanna
pay that much, cos you think its crazy, then follow me and get a
saitek x45. it comes with a stick and seperate throttle, can do all
the functions of the cougar, and retails at simlim at about
$140-160. the particular wireless stick you're talking about, i've
tried it out before at a friend's place. i wouldn't recommend it
because its way too flimsey and doesn't provide good tension on its
axis;a typical gamer's stick. if you wanna fly on sim, don't bother
with sticks without a seperate throttle. those are for games, not
sims. you'll never learn to fly properly if you use those.
its true that the better stick got better feel, but you cannot
compare something like a sidewinder to a cougar or x45. the quality
difference and feel is totally different, and suffice to say, the
x45 and cougar have a bloody solid feel to them. cheap sticks will
not center well, and it'll leave a calibration nightmare, and it
will be very hard to do straight level hand flying, simply because
the cheaper sticks have no defined center. oh, and i would like to
correct the above poster on something. men was never born to fly.
if we were, we would have wings. everyone can learn to fly. its
only how good we all end up. it would then be unfair to say that if
cannot fly, a 200buck stick also no use, because everyone can
learn, and a 200buck stick will definatly do a better job than
cheap $35 stick.