I had a broken wire in my X52 stick that I couldnt fix. I pulled out my old FFB Sidewinder and still used the Throttle section. Once I got it all set up in game I was amazed at how well everything worked. No more bouncing issues ( I never could really get the stick tuned to the way I wanted it). Now whenever i want to feel really angry, I look up on the shelf to the X52 dust collector.