Uzzi,
You need to do two things to get padlock to work in AH. First, you need to map the keys, but I think you have done that. Second, you need to put AH into padlock view mode. Then when you get an enemy contact in your view, you hit the "padlock" key that you mapped and your view should now follow this target. If the target moves to an area where you can't see him due to an obstruction like your seat back, the padlock will disengage and you'll look forward again until you can maneuver to have him in view once again.
Practice this offline. You will need to toggle the friendly padlock to get this to work against planes with a green icon.
Check out HTC's Help site on this topic:
http://www.hitechcreations.com/padlock.html ------------------
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A pig is a pal, who'll boost your morale, Though mountains may topple and tilt.
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Though you may be thrown over by Tabby and Rover, You'll never go wrong with a pig, a pig,
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