(noah)
My question - do you have the same problems with the MS force feedback
stick?

I bought the Logitech Wingman Force Feedback to replace my MS (none force
feedback -- but the one where you can also twist the stick to control
the rudders -- the new PC didn't have a game port, and a converter
cost more than what I paid for the new joystick); well, although I find
the thing fun in other games, I disable the force feedback feature in MS
Flight Sim (I don't have the 2004 version though, still using the 2002
version but I reckon it makes no difference); I find the feature more
annoying than anything else (in real life you do have to take your
hand off the controls one in a while to deal with charts and stuff, but
you can't with the FF thingy switched on as the stick goes wild);

but then again, I might be missing something (better set up of the
control in the flight sim? any suggestion?)

--Sylvain