normal controll or joystick for starter

[birdsofmay]

Hi folks I just orderd birds of prey for the xbox360. And I Don't really know if I should buy a joystick now. I came in contact with sturmovik by buying the pacific fighters expension for 1 euro at a fancy fair and never played it with a joystick. So should I use a joystick for the xbox version or just practise on arcade mode with a normall controller

and If you reccomand a controller please list the name and price

Edit: Yes I am a total new guy to flight sims and now verry little about the game and how it works on the Xbox360