Ive uploaded a small tool that allows you to set the forces of your Joystick in ED.
While ED has no Force Feedback support (unfortunately) some joysticks (probably all, dunno) run with their default settings. In case of the Sidewinder 2 everything is set to full force. After a few hours of playing you look like Conan the barbarian.
So use this tool to fine tune the forces a bit.
It is available in 32bit and 64bit.