Question about controls- Possible Bug?

So I recently purchased a starter pack after watching this game develop for a while, and I have encountered an issue with controls. I'm using a CH Hotas with pedals setup, using the CH manager software (if anyone has experience with this, any tips for bindings, gain and response, dead zone, etc would be appreciated) and am encountering an issue with all ships where my throttle will start out at zero, and the ship will spin to the left. That is until I throttle up, and the more I throttle up, the more stable the ship gets. 3/4-full throttle will see no pull to the left at all. It's been a long time since I've used (and set up) a joystick and I've never used a HOTAS before, so I have no idea what is going on. I've trawled google and have seen no issue reported like this, but otherwise have had no problems with the hardware, so I don't think my stick is defective. The issue appearing only on 0-low throttle also makes me skeptical that this is a hardware issue.

Also, while trying to map controls, I discovered that I cannot increase power to certain sides of shields, only disable or enable them completely. This I tried with keyboard, so it's not related to my earlier question. Has this been implemented in game yet, or is this my problem? Thanks in advance.