I know the first 4 definitions in an aircraft’s camera.cfg define the positions of Pilot (VFR), ClosePilot (IFR), LandingPilot and Copilot in the virtual cockpit respectively.
But I always mix them up and don’t remember what keyboard commands are used to activate them, even though I modify them from time to time.
So when I was re-configurating new cameras for the C172 recently, I deliberately captured the four positions and put them here for my future reference.
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It’s still true that I mainly flightsim in one of the following cockpit views reported in my Post 181.
1. Landing/Takeoff — showing the hood from the pilot seat on the left
2. Cruising — showing outside scenery only
3. Normal Cockpit — used only when FIPs are turned off
To implement the Cruising View, in particular, I used to disable the 2D-Cockpit in the camera.cfg first, and then create a specific CameraDefinition for it. Recently, I found Prepar3D has a hidden feature which makes this customization process totally unnecessary as shown in the video below:
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