I am currently on my 2nd of these joysticks, and I would not be on the 2nd except that it was a Christmas present. There are hundreds if not thousands of posts on the internet talking about a host of problems with this product. Knowing a bit about electronics I took mine apart to see if I could figure out what was causing them.

First: The Rheostats used in the joystick are so cheap you buy them by the pound. This means they are highly inaccurate and prone to dropouts (or infinity resistances). What this means to the end user is calibration problems, or joysticks that will not stay calibrated as the resistance just went outside the learned range.

Second: The Joystick has a reported problem of the 'twist' or 'rudder' not working after a while. This is the result of a design flaw in the rheostat assembly that allows a section of it to break off. Once broken you can forget any type of glue to fix it as it is hopeless. Recalibrate it, live with the limit, or throw it away.

Third: Replacing the Rheostats with good quality products is impossible, or mostly so. They are molded into the assemblies and there is not enough there to even work with on replacing them.

Overall View: Total trash, spend half the money on a no-named stick, that will live just as long, and consider your money well spent.

Tis true, what Charon9 says. I really liked the way mine felt, but it lasted a month.