[Skybird]

Do some flights. You will notice all by yourself functions that you find hard to reach with the cursor while right hand needs to remain on the stick - these functions vary according to people'S definitions of what is easy to manage and what is hard to handle.

Those you consider to be hard to handle, go to the HOTAS .

And get TrackIR. Now in the era of virtual cockpits of this high qulaity, it is a must-have. It also wins you some programmable buttons more on the stick (those you would else need for view control).