HOTAS users, I have a question.

So I played ED on the PS4 for a LONG TIME and I switched over to PC and haven't really played that much after transferring all my data from console to PC.
I bought a T.Master setup, throttle/stick and I just can't for the life of me get the hang of using it. I racked up about 15 hours total in game time and that was just playing the tutorial(s) over and over, hoping muscle memory would begin to kick in. Like the PS4, the default keybindings where obviously created by Stevie Wonder so just like the PS4, I've tried and tried to do my own thing and I just can't get it. How long did it take some of you to get very used to flying with a HOTAS?

I am super bummed that I can't get into it and the gamepad setup on PC aint the same as the PS4 and even using a PS4/5 controller, some of the buttons like on the 4 points "touch pad" that has its own buttons on each corner, doesn't register on the PC and tho it may seem not that big of a deal to some, for me I just don't see the point in using a controller w/o those buttons.

I don't even want to start talking about KB/M atm even if this is considered the far superior way to play. I have a HOTAS and it won't be a paper weight.