I bought my new RealFlight G3.5 this past Sunday and after 2 days of flying it the right gimble centering spring (elevator) let go. It popped and I thought "what the heck was that" then noticed the stick acted like the throttle stick. I thought to myself "danged, and I read about this happening". Well, I called GP support and they said I should return it to the LHS where I bought it, and if they didn't take it back then to call them back and they'd exchange it. I sure didn't wanna have to wait 2 weeks after I buy the thing to play it again. To my suprise the hobby shop exchanged it for me, with receipt in hand of course. So I give them props on handling the situation, but did overhear 2 folks behind the counter talking about how I should've contacted GP about it instead of bringing it back. Too late! I had my new one in hand. The only drawback was I had to uninstall and reinstall the software due to it being coded to the Interlink. No problem, though.
Now I'm using my new DX6 transmitter (which has been a bear to map out the channels correctly...another story in itself). It works fine now. I've resigned myself to either using the DX6 or my older Futaba 7ch.

~Ron