First calibrate your stick. I dont go up in the sky or backwards - my Cyborg 3D2 USB works super. Old and simple, but good enough. I can fly in 10 m height with it speeding around the sonic boom.
* key I use for bombing of buildings (white, not autotargeted), very easy, just need a flyby and another approach to drop the iron, or whatever you have. I mean I release mouse control of plane and begin steering plane with left hand on joystick and right hand on mouse to catch the target.
Without joystick it is practically not possible to make loops or rotate to get bottom up.
I think this is best plane addon ever.