Joystick advice

[farmerdave]

After over seven years of loyal service on previous comps, my aging Sidewinder FFB Pro won't install on my new machine.  I've been reading previous threads on this sdubject, and I'm leaning towards the X45.  a few questions about it though:  what do you do with the second hat switch, how many buttons are there, and is there a twist grip?

[SilverFox441]

I have an X-45...secong stick mounted hat is for the trims. Actually you can set it up to do just about anything you want if you use a profile.

No twist on the X-45, but the new X-52 has one. The 45 uses rudder on a paddle switch mounted to the front of the throttle grip.