I'm on cable link and this didn't work for me either. Are you using cable link or Virtual Desktop?
Anyway, I started messing around with the hand tracking again and found something that's working for me. Under UI Layer in the controls setting, I set up a show/hide button for each hand, so that I don't lower the landing gear midflight or press any other buttons unwantingly, and set up a left and mouse button on my joystick. Still not perfect, but beats the hell out of letting go of the joystick to use the mouse. I can try and post a short video showcasing this tomorrow.