New Thrustmaster T-flight Hotas X Joystick
That looks identical to the old TM afterburner i had .... except it was silver . They have used that same design for years and tweaked the buttons a little , and changed the color. The one feature i liked about my old afterburner was you could adjust the stick tension with a dial on the bottom of the stick .
The feature that you mention about is still present in the current design, the range of adjustment is fairly big. Although even on the stiffest setting, it still comes no where near the Thrustmaster cougar joystick.
I had been using this joystick for some time, so far everything is working alright. For this price, it is well worth it. Setting is also very easy on Aces high 2, and there are enough buttons to configurate for a WWII fighter.
A small complain would be the small deadband located on the centre of the joystick, and I also find that the hat switch is a bit small.
Other than that, I am very happy with it !