Hori Flight Stick EX broke my xbox?

[the_somme]

I had trouble finding an Ace Edge stick for this game so I got myself the black Hori Flight Stick EX for Xbox 360.

The first time I tried the demo with my new flight stick it froze. No big deal I thought, it has frozen for other people and it's a demo. However, after I restarted the demo it froze again followed by 3 red rings and now I have to send my console in for repair.

The demo never froze when I used the controller, not once. Is there a compability problem with the Hori Ex? Does it have anything to do that I live in Europe?

Anyone know anything about this? Pretty bummed to be cashing out that much for a thing that breaks my console, if that's the reason.