Hey, Groucho and HHS,
I downloaded the program last night and added the R22. My joystick setup is not a typical one, I built it with a board from leo bodnar and confiqured potentiometers to the controls in the salvaged ship. so I have some work to do there, the auto detection didn't recognize my set up. It did create a default that at least gave me both cyclic axis's and collective, but no ani-torque pedals. I have read the manual this morning and think I can over come these issues, hopefully tonight if time permits.
That being said, I am initially impressed with the R22 flight dynamics. Without any tail rotor authority, when collective was added, the nose yawed to the right with much vigor. This is exactly how it should be and impressed me right away over from what I've been experiencing in FSX, but what happened next really sealed it!
After adding enough collective to gain some altitude(spinning to the right the whole time), I decreased collective, wich stops the right yaw, nosed forward to gain a little airspeed, and through manipulation of the collective, was able to reasonably choose or maintain a heading, and fly(pretty much right turns only)
The contol inputs needed were completly accurate to what would be needed in a helicopter which had lost it's tail rotor authority!
Now this is what I've been looking for!