Joystick keeps pulling back after patch 1.5

Hi, my stick (Saitek st-90) keeps pulling back when in heli.

If I go and recalibrate in windows and test with various calibration tests the stick responds correctly. Also works correctly when flying heli in BF2 for instance.

I tried it out in the demo of ArmA2 and it worked perfectly. Now after I bought the game, first thing I did was update to 1.5 then start playing the EW mission..

I can't seem to correct this problem any way I try. Anyone with similar problems or even a solution?

Thanks.

Ok, found a strange "fix" for this. Probably more Saitek sticks (?): If you have a z-axis on your stick (for example set to throttle), remove this completely from your bindings and your stick will work normally again... except for having to use throttle on the keyboard instead :/ (well, at least I could fly again, huh)..