I bought both the Hotas System and the F18 flight stick on a later purchase.
The Hotas system is impressive.and sits solid on the desk. The flight stick has a solid base also. Intially ther was some movement of the base as I used the flight stick. But now I sit it between the Honeycomb flight controls and Honeycomb throttle quadrant. This certainly eliminates any movement of the flight control base. I use it for both MSFS 2020 and DCS.as independant programs. I found the software on both programs can read each other's peripherals. Which can mess with some settings on MSFS
Using flaps while the Hotas was plugged in stopped the MSFS aircraft flaps from working at all. Most likely my mistke. As I didn't realise there was a cross platform of controls. Takng the USB cable out from the Hotas when I want to use MSFS, removed the conflict.
The major issue I have is configuring and working out the software beast.
A HUGE thank you to the guys at Pagnian for spending time in helping me. Your customer support is FANTASTIC. Thank you....