Maybe I'm expecting too much from this X52 joystick but, though the claimed force feedback is supposed to give all axes more feel, it's not much like an airplane feel.  As a long time pilot, I'm almost ashamed to admit that, the less I touch it, the better the sim plane flys.  The settings don't seem to make a whole lot of difference and the fact that 'joystick calibration', in settings, is closed to me adds to the frustration.  Says it's for 'force feedback only' - is Saitek telling a fib or is Microsoft?