Il-2 view system and key mapping.

[capt. apathy]

wotan,
take up the russian plane (la5 I think is the one I'm thinking of. it has the 2 handed loop type stick).  there is a guage right behind the stick handle.

no amount of tilting or turning your view is going to make that guage visable.  you cant change your head position (just the direction you are looking), you can't change your guage position (obviously), in level flight the stick is directly between you and the guage.  with out the ability to lean, or adjust your head position the only way to see that guage is to move the stick out of the way.

I don't want the dead six view. all I want is the ability to lean slightly (left, right forward, back,up, down) just a slight adjustment to see around stuff (plane hardware, canopy struts, maybe lean over to look down some)

[Wotan]

you maybe right..........

I never flew an elgay 7 in ah and dont plan on ever flying an elgay5-fn or an elgay 7 in IL-2

I missed read what you were saying............

I have ch hotas.

on my pro throttle theres a hat switch that is easier to access then the one on my fighter stick. I use it for views. On the back of the throttle handle heres 3 buttons. the ones on the left and right I use for flaps. The center one I use as an up view. I just hold down for "uop" and use it with my hat. When I am done looking up I let go of the button.


I just mapped that button to "up" under "views". The hat switch is like wwiiols and wbs. Its frustrating to get the right directions to match the right view setting but it will get there eventually.