Figured it out. Im using a HTC vive cosmos and for some reason the controllers were interfering with the X and Y axis of the joystick. I just disabled them entirely in the keybindings and have been sweet since. they still work for the purposes of clicking things in the cockpit so thats a win. May be handy to be able to re-enable them so i can assign some things to the touchpads but its not a huge loss in that regard.
Cheers