I bought one of these controllers so that I could practice with a controller similar in size to the real Phantom Tx. It works really well with Heli-X and can now recommend it as a cheap control solution.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B008 ... UTF8&psc=1
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B008 ... UTF8&psc=1