Gamepad vs Joystick

[fangface666]

I prefer to use a stick, controls make more sense, more intuative....however I did some experiamentation last night.

In an La7 ( on Sim) reputedly one of the easier planes to fly at 50% throttle I performed a hard left bank, with full input on the stick I start to black out and after maybe 90 degrees the plane will start to roll left then nose dive/ wingover into the ground.

If I try the same manouvre using a pad the plane holds the turn with no deviation and a lesser degree of blackout, and it will stay circling until you release the stick and level out.

This happens with both the joysticks I own, Thrustmaster HotasX and saitek X52

I have tried adjusting the settings under the custom layout menu with no improvement.

The only thing that it may be is that the joystick offers greater input than the gamepad, ie full input on the gamepad is equal to half input on joystick.

But obviously when your chasing someone down whos trying to out turn you, the instinct is to obviusly pull back harder on the stick, which results in a wing over/stall very infuriating!

As far as the pad goes, its awkward finding a standard layout that works well.

What is every one else using?