I'm very new to this, and it was suggested over on another thread that flying was easier, and more fun, with a Joystick - so I bought one.
I'd got pretty good with a mouse - once I was off and heading in the right direction at my chosen altitude, I could, for whole chunks of time, let go of the mouse and things would go on as they were - once in a while a small nudge of correction required - I could fly straight lines, even gentle curves, without touching anything.
With the joystick it's different - in order to stay level I have constantly to have a little pressure forwards - if I let go, my plane heads upwards - can't say as I'm finding that very relaxing - constant small pressure for 15 minutes - certainly not as relaxing as the mouse used to be.
Am I doing something wrong, or have I configured something wrongly (I'm using the joystick file that was automatically chosen for me - Thrustmaster 16000M - not a lot of choice of joysticks here in Portugal but I can return this within 30 days if he's the problem), or is that how it's supposed to be?