What is the deal with these messed up flight controls ?

[kornflakes]

In my opinion flying with the left stick makes much more sense and will become second nature. I have been playing il2 for pc like this for some time (except you dont have to click the right stick to feelook and the rudders are triggers and throttle is bumpers). If you think about it then the more it makes sense. If you are flying with the right stick then you would have to take your thumb off to hit the buttons. The same principle is in the fps you play like call of duty. if a is your jump button and you controled your players movement with the right stick then how could you jump on top of objects, or how could you keep moving while reloading. I think this is the best possible way to map the buttons and I have no problem going from playing this and then playing a fps like call of duty.

It is all in all just a smarter layout for the kind of game it is.