I use the Saitek cyborg evo also, and its absolutely wonderful jet flying!,but its not so great for choppers, so I still use K/B & mouse for helis. There is a little trick I don't know how many use it but here goes...use the variable throttle control from your joystick to help you "hover" by setting at about 3/8 positive throttle, when I set my joystick up I have the throttle in the "middle", so when I drop it to the bottom of its range its in full reverse, way smoother for the chopper! and your finger doesn't have to rest on your power key and can control with the other keys easier, Still keeping the main throttle controls on the keys as well for fast input changes. as for setting the sensitivity to max... Well that don't work so well for me, as I tend to do BACKFLIPS too often! lol . My joystick is at 9.30 mouse sens.,pitch and roll at 1 each, all directional keys on K/B disabled mouse control disable so its just me and my "stick" (don't let your gutter mind get the better of you)8), hat for front and "6", side flyby views,buttons for afterburner and flares, stick buttons for changing weapons and firing, and trigger for main gun. for "Heli" I think I'm at 3.50 mouse sens., pitch and roll at 3 each. Seems a little sluggish but I am way to jittery when I attempt to chopper whore so it works ...hope this helps
Oh yea , the EVO is for either hand and has an adjustable palm rest height with three base buttons on each side
I would recommend the USB one as its a "little" heavier and you don't have to hold it in place so hard