I flew DCS for the first time today in over a year and it looks amazing! EDGE looks just stunning so far, I like the direction DCS is headed in, nice job so far guys.
I loved my X-45 and would still be using it today if the spring didn't suck on it. Spring started wearing out in about 6 months, then it was all downhill from there. I'm not a big fan of their spring system, but I've heard of X-52's lasting a long time. I guess it depends on how much flying the person is doing. When I had my X-45 I was flying over 20+ hours a week.
I've met some cool A-10, 16, B-1, F-18 and B-52 pilots that were cool. Then I've met some idiots that have no right to be flying.....it amazes me sometimes.
Going for the glass pit also, that's my plan. Main monitor is a 40" LED, below that is a 26" LCD and I have a 19" and 15" in the garage not doing anything. Gonna add one of them, just don't know what's going to go on it.
You have to remember when the A-10 actually came out.....that's what it was made to do...kill tanks and lots of them. The A-10 is 30 years old, while new tech keeps being added to it....tech tech is being made for everything else also.
You can use the mini stick to control the radar. I haven't played in a long time so I may not be the best person to give advice. Best thing to do is download someone's profile and modify it to your liking, that's what I did many years ago. Do a search for DCS/FC CH profiles.