i have a old CH set (gameport) and for my views i use two 4way hats and another bottun for looking direct up.
it is great. i can look anywhere any time real fast, and its really comfortable after you get use to it.
as i understand it nopoop you use CH allso so here is my set:
use 1 hat on the joystick and program it to forward backward left and right
use a thomb hat on the throttle and put only left and right. and lastly assign a key in the front of the throttle for a up view.
you now have acces to all the necesseries views and its simple and easy.
note you can add a "down" view to the throttle hat, i myself rarely use this view and dont have it programmed on my stick.