I'll just respond to your post. There is nothing wrong with how the program FMS functions. Any problems you have are strictly due to the interface or controller. There are a multitude of software and hardware issue sourrounding the various cables/interfaces/controllers available for FMS. If you don't believe me, visit the forums at FMS:

http://n.ethz.ch/student/mmoeller/fms/index_e.html

I spent a fair amount of time researching these units looking for one. I talked with various developers, and I even purchased one from Mile High Wings that intermittently worked. I finally found a simple and reliable solution that has served me extremely well. You can read my two posts at the Joystick-Interface Forum at FMS.

There are many models to download into the models file in FMS, and the site gives plenty of links to them. You'll have to spend some time and effort searching around for them.

Ciao,

Eagle Al[8D]