Someone posted the answer I was looking for on another forum. Here it is in case anyone here wants to know:-
I'm pretty sure you can remap any windows joystick with a free utility called ppjoyjoy. Note the two joys.
Try this thread, there's instructions on creating a 'virtual' joystick from a physical.
[link=http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=139447]http://forum.egosoft.com/viewtopic.php?t=139447[/link]