Only recently I made a switch to the Warthog and a TrackIR5. It was a real difficult transition, I literally had to same joystick setup with view hats in several games and I used the same CH Fighterstick, pedals and prothrottle for so many years, I forgot when I started with CH stuff (I remember it was analog and it was prior to Win98). Only now am I getting used to the set up, but the road to get there was really bad.
You don't need a dual throttle to be good in the 38, most of the time the asynchronized throttles will just get you in trouble and make you bleed more E than you intended.