Coming in at a more reasonable price point over its cockpit extravaganza, Saitek's X52 Pro Flight joystick is a flight sim fan's dream. The stick is known as a HOTAS which means "Hands On Throttle And Stick". In other words each function, setting and button is available by merely grasping the two pieces and it takes some cunning ergonomic design to pull that off especially given how many buttons are accessible. Any button can be used in six different ways thanks to several sub buttons so it's no wonder using this stick has been dubbed "playing the piccolo".
A Welsh semi-retired television producer and actor known for low end work that astonishingly people actually watched and even garnered some awards. Originally residing in the electrically-challenged Amish areas of Pennsylvania he has written a few books (Hollywood Pants and Hollywood Horrible Hints and Terribly Fake Tips vols 1 & 2) which you can buy on amazon and all great book stores.
After a brief stint in Australia he now finds himself back in the Welsh valleys of his home country noting that it hasn't changed a bit!
