Rudder (twist the stick) is reversed, but it works. It's not hard to deal with. The real thing is the throttle. The left/right shoulder buttons are on the front of the stick...far left, far right. That's the throttle. The buttons repeat, but still a heavy take off can be difficult or impossible. They don't repeat quite fast enough sometimes to get up to take off speed--that was with a VERY heavy A-10 in MP though.
I'm enjoying it a lot with OGF for A-10 missions though. You hardly have to touch the throttle anyway in there--it's pretty much always pegged.
Fighters I use the throttle a lot, so it's not so fun with them. A lot of A-10 missions in there though, especially if you've played through several times to unlock all missions in an area.
Still no reply about IL2, so I assume I won't be getting one from Saitek. Would still be nice to hear from 1C if they're using the standard MS layout...