I like the feel when the rudder & ailerons get heavy & sluggish when doing high speed dives.Gives you a good insight to how all the AC handle so differently.

When I got my first FF2 I'd bought a spare by the end of the same week.

Ive got 4 MSFFB2's.I bought 2 of them brand new.One of them i paid 39.00 for on closeout.In my opinion,they are the best FFB joystick on the planet.I will not fly with anything else.I have tried every FFB joystick on the market and they all suck.I Agree with Bearcat.I know Ch has the best in many eyes,and im sure they do.But they dont make a FFB.And this is something i cannot fly without.It took me about a week to get use to it.I also have the first version ,just to see if it was just as good.Its close ,but not quite there.

Well, I sign the long list of MSFFB2 fans too... No other FFB joystick I have tried is good enough. I only have one that is getting really old now and I can imagine your agony when it failed...

Good luck finding a replacement!