Stick Shake Problem?

[jschlechty]

I'm having a problem with IL2 1946 that is puzzling me.

For some reason I'm getting some type of horizontal "stick shake?" or type of instability where it wiggles back and forth. I've tried adjusting the dead band, etc. but its still there.

I just re-downloaded and installed this game after a couple of years away from it. On my old computer (Win XP) it ran fine with none of these types of problems. On the new one (Win Vista) the only thing that has changed other than the OS is that now I'm using a CH Fighterstick along with my Saitek X45 throttle. The other flight sims that I use, are not experiencing this problem.

Is this something that is handled in the patches? Should the version that I just downloaded today already have the 4.8 and 4.9 patches installed? I'm not sure how or where to check if patches are needed for the version I downloaded.

If anybody has any ideas or suggestions I'd really very much appreciate them.
Thanks!