Bah!  As long as I learn something, good flying and thanks for the help getting me set up!  
Edit - Just watched the ACMI.  Let me say "Rate Kills".  Also, xianzai's high-speed beam of my slammer shots leaves him in a much more offensive position for a follow up.  
I'm not sure what happened with the equipment, but we re-did those matches.  I couldn't padlock, nor could I pan in the 3D pit with track-IR.  I've never had this problem before and I don't know what happened to cause it.  Hopefully it's a one-time event and not some interplay between my HOTAS, SecureFalcon, and my connection (768/1024).