Have to say it is a great sim for pilots.
http://www.x-plane.com/desktop/home/
I do! for 10 minutes at a time.
I could never get it the thumb stick on my saitek yoke or my flight instruments to properly work so I stick with FSX.
Strange , ive had no probs but then again using very common hw/sw, tings i guess u gone trough is calibration and response? did that tur out for your stick=