Pros: This is my 1st FF stick so that took some getting used to, but once you got the hange of it it works out quite nicely. The faster you are flying the more resistance you get on the stick. At stalls it will start jerking around and at slow speed the stick has almost no resistance at all. Hardware looks/feels sturdy. Carpet lock on the Rudder pedals is nice. Overall I liked the hardware, it has 1 USB plug into the computer and 1 power cord for the FF. Buttons all have a positive feel.

Cons: The Logitech Gaming Profiler Software which allows you to take full advantage of the buttons/hats is of very poor quality. The latest version will crash your system is you are using a 64bit OS.(Win 7 and Win Vista) The prior versions lack some basic functionallity. There is some center slop with the joystick but it did not seem too bad. The trim dials are on the joystick base which seems backwards, a better location would be on the throttle side so you do not have to reach across with your left hand to trim. The buttons on the throttle have 2 back lights (red or green), but only show green unless you write some software yourself to change the colors. (Would be a good project for someone to integrate with Devicelink in IL2 to show gear status, etc.) Windows recognizes this as 3 separate controllers, so if you are using a game that only allows 1 controller it does not help much. Logitech Tech Support is hit or miss, mostly miss at this point.

Overall Review: In a nutshell, Logitech is on the right footing with the hardware, but their software developers need to graduate high school 1st the software is in its infancy. I cannot recommend this hardware at this time due to the software limitations. If you must have FF (And it is nice) and you have the extra change then go for it, otherwise wait until their software works.