Sorry, Curval.
Just today I returned my *2nd* X52 to CompUSA.
I guess I've been spoiled by my Sidewinder FF 2, but the X52 proved way too imprecise for my taste.
I exchanged my first one, thinking it had to be just a bad unit. The second one was better, but still had problems and was a distant runner-up to the Sidewinder FF 2 as far as precision of movement.
It off to e-bay to for a replacement FF2, I'm afraid. And they're not going for cheap these days. I guess there's something to the fact that people are willing to pay more for a used FF2 sight unseen than a new X52 in the box.