well how lucky i am, mine doesn't even seem to have the bug; everything worked perfect 'till now. installed the software, calibrated on the fly and worked great right out of the box; some adjustments on the force feedback will be necessary though.
performance wise yes, it's a whole other game; i got a vertical stability i just couldn't have with the thrustmaster; and loads of axes to assign all trimmings, plus some levers etc. the rudder pedals are a bit counter intuitive at first though; i'll add some more comment further down the road.
overall i'm very very happy with it
