My controller arrived with G3 defective. The jack on the back was misaligned, and my transmitter would not plug-in, the throttle and rudder gimbal was not snapped into its saddle, causing the centering pin to dislodge. I was dead-in-the-water until I fixed the Interlink controller. When I found-out any other interface would not work with G3, that prompted me to fix it myself, rather than send-it-in with who knows how much down time.

The serial-numbering/registration of the controller locks-out any other interface, if the interlink fails. So, in addition to the copy protection it affords G3, it also penalizes loyal customers with sim downtime until the failed controller is replaced, or fixed.

This is unacceptable to me, and I've stated such here and elsewhere. Copy protection is fine, but when customers are inconvenienced because of it, it is a BIG negative with the customer service aspect of the sim.

Charles