Seat adjustment

[Bill Hendrix (bgas046)]

Tom, maybe you can help me on this. Depending on the airplane that I fly, I sometimes have to raise the seat by hitting shift enter a couple of times to have a good view of the runway. My question is: Is there a way to change something in the aircraft or panel cfg file so I don't have to use shift enter to raise the seat?

[Ed Burke]

How do Old Timer, in the aircraft.cfg not too far below "contact points" you will find "Views" and "eyepoint=" Trial and error changes to the third value will get you into the right spot.

Ed

[Bill Hendrix (bgas046)]

Thanks for the info Ed. I changed the third value and it fixed my virtual cockpit but didn't do anything for my 2D panel. Still have to hit shift enter to get a good view of the runway. Bill Hendrix

[Tom Goodrick]

The change you want to make is to add these lines to the panel.cfg file:


[VIEWS]
VIEW_FORWARD_ZOOM=0.90
VIEW_FORWARD_DIR=2.0, 0.0, 0.0

The zoom line is useful but the value you like may be different from what I like.

The Forward_Dir line is what does the trick with a 2D panel. The first number sets the line of view downward 2 degrees. Think of it as raising you up so you can look down 2 degrees over the nose. This gives a good view of the runway on final. Experiment with different values. I find they vary for different aircraft but usually values betwee 1 and 3.5 will do the trick.

Scan the entire panel.cfg to make sure there is not a duplication of the [Views] section. I usually put this up in the top of the file so it is easy to find.

I also changed the key assignment for seat adjustment to the up or down arrow key. But that adjustment has to be done each time you fly where this change is permanent.

The pitch angle on final can also be adjusted by shifting the lift curve in table 404 to the left. But this should be done to make the plane fly level in cruise and then set the VIEW_FORWARD_DIR= to get the view right during final approach with full flaps.

[Ed Burke]

Thanks for that Tom. I have learned something today !

Ed

[Bill Hendrix (bgas046)]

Thank you very much, Tom. I shall keep this noted for future reference. Take care, Bill H.