For what it is worth, it looks like Hori sort of took the blueprints for the old (and very good) Saitek X45 and made their own casings and used their own parts. That's a good thing-the X45 is a good stick, and it seems to have enough buttons and especially knobs (hello modifying trim) to play something like IL-2 on the PC after someone hacks up some drivers to do so.
No guarantees how well the Hori build quality will be, but if it is good the design is certainly a decent one.