On the Space Combat stick, there are two fours and an eight. Which is kind of a bummer.
The TM trigger on a relatively newish stick is simply too meh... so... bit the bullet for a vkb.
I'm fine with the single 8-way as long as it is easily accessible (for views.) I took a good look at that stick (the ww2 was sold out and much simpler) and figured it was worth a shot, not overly expensive.
It should arrive in a week or so.