User Guide

Exploring the Features
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Views and Windows
You can use the features on the Views menu to
see the things you’d see from the cockpit of a real
airplane—and more. Different views serve
different purposes—experiment with them to find
your favorites. Use your joystick’s hat switch (or
use key commands) to “turn your head” within
a view.
To learn more about using views and windows,
see the Simulator Help section of Help. For a list
of view-related key commands, see the back
cover of this book. You can easily assign your
favorite views to joystick buttons or your own
custom key commands.
Feature
Cockpit View
Tower View
Track View
Spot Plane View
Top-down View
Secondary Instrument
Panel Components
Description
See the world as a pilot usually does, over the
instrument panel. This is the default view.
See yourself from the control tower window.
Track another aircraft from your cockpit. Available
only in multiplayer flight.
Watch your aircraft from a spot plane that you can
reposition.
A bird’s eye view of the earth beneath your aircraft.
Display secondary instrument panel windows to view
radios, GPS, throttle quadrants, and other cockpit
items.
Command
On the Views menu, point to View
Mode, and then click Cockpit. Or,
press S to cycle through Cockpit,
Tower, Track, and Spot Plane views.
On the Views menu, point to View
Mode, and then click To we r . Or,
press S to cycle through Cockpit,
Tower, Track, and Spot Plane views.
On the Views menu, point to View
Mode, and then click Track. Or,
press S to cycle through Cockpit,
Tower, Track, and Spot Plane views.
On the Views menu, point to View
Mode, and then click Spot Plane.
Or, press S to cycle through Cockpit,
Tower, Track, and Spot Plane views.
To jump to Spot Plane view directly
from Cockpit view, press Shift+S.
On the Views menu, point to View
Mode, and then click Top-down.
On the Views menu, point to
Instrument Panel, then click one of
the panel components to display it.