Controller priority?

[MarkJ]

Hi All,

new to the game, old Il2 pilot, left this alone when hearing of all the teething troubles but now joined the fold.

I am having trouble with my controller. Its a Logitech wingman extreme 3d stick. It works fine for Rise of flight but i cannot get it to work in IL2 CoD. I have tried changing the stick under 'axes' but it ignores any input from my stick. It seems to default to a 'controller number 2'. I have two other controllers permanently connected to the pc, a set of BRD Speed7 pedals and a fanatec clubsport steering wheel. I think IL2 is trying to use these controllers but is not letting me choose the stick. I cant just disconnect them as they would be a real pita to re-calibrate each time (used a lot!) so how do i get CoD to ignore them and use my stick?
I note that Logitech do not issue a win7 driver any more but as mentioned, the stick works fine for Rise of Flight. And yes i do ensure its plugged in before i fire the game up. I can select buttons off my stick to assign to bombs, flaps etc so it knows its plugged in, but i cant assign any axes?!

Have i got to get a new flightstick? But then what happens if game still tries to use other controllers?

any help very appreciated, had the sim for a week now and not been able to fly anything !