Same issue here with Logitech Extreme 3D.

Bought joystick yesterday, when to single player training and map controls, learned to fly and got hype. Went on Altis life and spent a bunch of in game currency to pull out a chopper and nothing happened. When I open the controls, there is no joystick detected.

Next time I logged in I opened controls and it was there, but I am afraid to spend Altis Life or KOTH money to take out a chopper and it doesn't work.