There are a few of rules I'd advise you to follow:
You don't have to set everything up all at once. I almost never do. I usually set up the joystick and throttle and only later, once I'm happy with the config, will I start on adding rudder pedals into the setup. If you're not confident, start with your stick, then later add the throttle and finally add the rudder (pedals).
Change one thing and test. Don't try and change too much, there are a lot of parts to all this, trying to figure out what's gone wrong after changing a lot of things will get very frustrating very quickly!
Calibrate your controllers! Or least check they are well calibrated, lets eliminate one source of problems before we start on this journey!
This process is going to depend on your particular pc and controllers, so it'll be different for everyone!
Remember it's probably going to be an iterative process, tweaking settings and discovering issues during the first few test flights!
The first time you do this, it may be a bit of pain, but it does get easier once you've done it a few times and you understand the emulator (DOSBox, PCem, SheepShaver, QEmu, MAME, etc.) and your controller setup.
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