Bluedeath.

You shold consider that actual CH sticks are "old" projects - probably the change to USB occurred around 2000, when 8 bits are almost stantart.

I think that secret of CH good performance in games is due drivers.

Look: Apparently Bob Church work for CH in this area.
Back in 1990's Thrustmaster F22PRO are problematic with pots - but pots used in F22PRO are virtually identical to ones used in CH... (I have both here)
then Bob Church made a new firmware - sold as upgrate- for F22PRO that cure these problemns.

aRareKindOfMonster

To compare see this test (JoyTester) with Warthog:

http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/549/joytes01custom.jpg
http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/7011/joytes03custom.jpg
http://img705.imageshack.us/img705/5669/joytes04custom.jpg
http://img845.imageshack.us/img845/286/joytes05custom.jpg

Here result of the same CH with some modification in coils (?):

http://www.sukhoi.ru/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=45162&d=1124883145
http://www.sukhoi.ru/forum/showthread.php?t=35320

Here, a CH upgrated with (VKB) MaRS (a "tuned" sensor):

http://www.sukhoi.ru/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=97239&d=1249737843
http://www.sukhoi.ru/forum/showthread.php?t=57218

Sokol1