Need a Joystick

I started playing BF2 after watch a friend this weekend, and I want to buy a joystick to fly the planes. The thing is I have never even looked into this before and have no clue what is good.

Can anyone suggest a good one to buy that doesnt cost that much ~ $25


Thanks for the Help!

Check out this article on the Death of the Joystick. Travis mentions a couple options that are still being made.

http://www.twitchguru.com/2007/05/ [...] _joystick/

The thing is I have never played anything with flying in it. But I tried with KB/Mouse and having a really hard time. Maybe I just need to join a dead server and practice alot and tweak my flying controls.

I actually use a Logitech Extreme 3D Pro and trackball for all FPS games. To me it's just more fun than using the keyboard and mouse, and since I spend long hours at work with the keyboard and mouse (digitizer puck, actually) the change helps prevent carpal tunnel problems. That said, I like the Extreme 3D Pro very much. It's right hand only though, not adjustable, not particularly long-lived, and doesn't have a pinky button like my old Panther XL. It's a pretty good fit for my hand, medium with thick fingers. But if you get too excited you can break buttons or actually crack or break the plastic. Otherwise I get about a year out of them before the pots get too squirrelly to center, and I use mine probably six or eight hours a week average.