I have a Thrustmaster Hotas X and in BC2 I found it difficult to control choppers precisely with the throttle because it takes a lot longer to move the throttle from all the way forward to all the way backward than it does to just change your finger from the 'W' key to the 'S' key.
Therefore, while I could control things far more accurately and it feels way more real, and I was flying the chopper in a far more legitimate and realistic way, I couldn't pull off some of the moves that some of the other players were able to do like some of those quick duck and slide moves that pro mouse and keyboard pilots are able to pull off.
So... because there isn't a lot of use for all of those extra buttons that you have (it's a bit disappointing that the alternate analogue wobble throttle on the front of the throttle isn't picked up by BC2 because I would have used that, but oh well. But instead I mapped an alternate accelerate and decelerate to two of the digital buttons on the throttle.
So, for fine tuning I have the huge analogue spread of the entire throttle throw, but for situation when I'm in a rush or need to react very quick and get out of the way in a REAL hurry and be at full throttle up or down instantly, I hit accelerate or decelerate digitally on the throttle while also jamming the throttle back or forward whichever way I want to go and it works wonders. It's a good technique to use for Joystick users
Now... considering I have a G13, Joystick and Mouse... it's quite funny, but I used to love using my G19 keyboard, but during gaming sessions I don't even touch the keyboard anymore... Lol, it's that funny.
One question - I was playing a map the other day and the other team was flying circles around the base that I was defending on a Rush map in BC2, they were going rather slow but when a rocket came they just dipped under it... anyway they were moving slow enough for me to hit them with the IR tracker for guiding rockets, but as soon as it hit the chopper it just disappeared... what the heck where they doing to remove it? Is this one of the vehicles upgrades that I've never been aware of? God damn they just kicked our arses! Couldn't be shot down, and he just flew at the side of the map strafing left and right at the edge of the artillery zone letting the gunner just mow everyone down and there wasn't shit anyone could do about it and the other team just burned through us.