Unless you have a Warthog to play DCS A10-C, it's best to take the time to work it out. I've been playing Elite: Dangerous with a HOTAS for 18 months or more, and am still fine tuning, especially as the game keeps evolving, certain controls that were once useless are now essential (being able to deploy heat sinks in Supercruise, for example, which is a recent development).
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