The Saitek Aviator AV8R-02 for Xbox 360 sucks

[Flywest]

I agree there is a deadzone but if you play on Sim, it's clearly better than the gamepad. Except for landings

[Raw Kryptonite]

It's an inexpensive stick and I got what I paid for.
I don't like it either, but I have no issues with deadzone. I don't like this piece of cheap plastic creaking and sounding like it's going to crumble apart.
The button layout (not the game, the stick's design) is asinine.
People have to put a TENNIS GRIP on it to make the stick feel right in your hand and not just a cheap piece of conduit.
People put a ziptie on the spring, which doesn't give the stick enough resistence as it is.
Had to rub a bar of soap on the base so the stick would move smoothly due to this design.
Someone complained of breaking trigger, and I can see that easily happening. The build quality is terrible. I've had to tighten screws on it twice already, especially the stick itself, since using the rudder felt like the stick was going to twist apart. Eventually this thing will need to be permanently glued together. I take care of my things, unlike some, but that doesn't always compensate for something simply built poorly. Maybe I got a bad one as far as it holding together, but the design and parts quality is still *poor*.