My first joystick was the TM flightstick X (its the same stick without the throttle). I used it alot with the huey, but its very imprecise (just 256 per axis). You can fly with it, but hovering, landing and especially cargo is not much fun.
Ive picked a TM 16.000M which has a resolution of 16000 per axis and its just great (you can get it for the same price as the flightstick...).