Sea planes zoom into the dash can't get it set in proper view position so I can zoom in on ground targets
Are you using a slider to zoom, or keyboard/joystick tied to views?
With the 80 degree FOV and the default view tilted down you might want to try the over the nose view mapped to KP8. You can set this view to your hat and also adjust this view to the gun sight. Using your up modifier with the hat forward view will still give you the front/up view. For the same views as AH reset the default view as Bustr suggested and set FOV to 106.
There is a new default forward view which is slightly down. You can return your forward view to AH2 standard by hitting HOME then saving your view.
tried hitting home key nothing changed.