hi there, yeah i understand what you mean by the dizzying array of commands you need to remember and setup.this will become a lot easier within a few practise flights and id reccomend checking out youtube for some tutorials aswell.i suggest that you download the manual first, checkout pg 84-90 which gives you the hotas cntrls on the real aircraft,which will give u a good base for what u need to setup on your joystick.