[Porcho]

Whoa Whoa, slow down guys... its not bad at all. I just recently got myself a Aviator, and it works amazingly. I've been enjoying it a lot more than the controller. The buttons work perfectly, although there is a very slight, and I mean slight as in almost impossible to notice unless your really looking for it deadzone.

On the stick there is a little switch on the side of it that offers both the option M1 - M2, these are controller configs. M1 Makes IL-2 run perfectly while M2, does not, infact, it screws up the way you control your plane a lot.

Also, keep in mind I didn't do any of the mods to the stick people were talking about which improved the stick performance dramatically. This is my experience of just unpacking and plugging in, and playing through the whole demo on Sim.

In my honest opinion, it is worth $30, trust me, but than again, saving your money for a better stick down the road is also a good idea. I one day hope to get my hands on a Hori, when I can spare the extra cash, but for now, I'm very happy with my Aviator.

[Edit]: About the deadzone, just going to give another point, plugging it into my PC there was no deadzone at all. Only when I played IL-2: BoP demo on my 360 would you notice the incredibly small deadzone, so it isn't a hardware issue at all.