well like i did said, no not realy, because if you try to look thought the vent's you still have to search the point where you try to look and if you have glasses forget it, so there is no way around a hotas or good flightstick with many buttons
That's my experience with DK1 and DK2 -> http://www.directupload.net/file/d/3718/ippppmx2_jpg.htm