Check out the forum and the links at the FMS site, there are cables you can buy or build. I use my Hitec Eclipse 7 and a homemade cable with FMS, I have a bunch of planes downloaded. Some of the planes were made for the older version, beta7, they still work with the alpha 8.5 version, but the don't have the right physics, you did get alpha 8.5, right? Any way, for now, you can use the key board, you can also change the way the keys are laid out, to be more like a tx. It does take a little work to get everything going, well worth it in the long run, let me know if I can help, Clink