same thing here-been using mine about a month and having a lot of fun with it. If you are using VISTA, go to the Saitek forum and find the Beta drivers for the stick and the "SST" mapping software. I run both. Read up on how to map with the pinkie switch on the forum. It really adds. I have the three modes set for fighter, gv, and bomber. In bomber mode, I can get in bombsite, calibrate, zoom etc. all without leaving the throttle and stick. The key is to write out what operations you need the most and then map to the stick where you think they are convenient. Then fly offline and go back and remap where necessary. Lt. Clark did a write up on it a while back. Good luck.
