Hey,
you really remind me of myself, because thats pretty much what i did when I started out :). I recommend using this: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=58484
As you might notice this is a TrackIR profile, but its really not that difficult to change it to something acceptable: Just change the DMS or Coolie hat functions you see in the picture from POV1 to POV3 and, because the hat is already used for CMS, you can change the CMS from POV3 to POV3+Pinkie modifier.
You also want to have a zoom funtion on your HOTAS, so because theres nothing mapped yet on the rotarys, you can use them for this task: Go to Controls->Axis Controls (IIRC) and set one of your Rotarys for the Zoom Axis. BUT: Most of the times the rotarys and sliders of the X-52 will jitter heavily, especially when you bought a used one, so you have to go to Axis Tune for this Axis and do this: http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=1455371&postcount=8
Then your ready to go, print out your configuration or remember it and jump into the tutorials :) Hope i could help you.
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