Well, I loaded it last night and played around with my X52. For the life of me I cant seem to configure the stick and throttle. I will try again tonight. I crashed every time I took off. I gain speed, slowly pull back the stick and I spin to the right and crash. Over and Over.
I closed the game and flew my Mooney Bravo in FSX multiplayer a little to release my frustration. Gonna try again tonight.
In this game, there is an Auto Takeoff Setting that is automatically enabled, and I would recommend not touching this setting. You will know it is on when you are taking off and you see green text in the middle of your screen that says "Auto Takeoff Enabled". When you move a control, it immediately turns off the auto takeoff. I would also recommend toying around in Offline practice or a base in the back lines in an arena while you configure your controls.
There is also ways to fine tune your controls with scales, which details how to do in a sublink on the AH Trainer Corps webpage.
Don't be afraid to ask for help in the game, as most will be accommodating (ignore the alt f4 comments). It will also give you the opportunity to meet some of the community and potentially join a squadron. Hope this helps, see you up there.
