Ack-Ack,
HiTech, as well as many others (maybe including yourself) with real world cockpit experiences, have a better grasp on realistic as opposed to convenient, than I do. I would imagine however, that a real pilot would be able to focus his attention from instruments to environment quite easily. For our cartoon pilots, this has to be done with buttons and dials instead of
When, adjusting the trim is it possible for you to
map a button to look directly at the guage? I did so using the
"Look Front Down" command and mapped it to an un-used joystick button. The flight yoke did present a problem, so I used the
"new" function that enable you to save head tilt.
I moved the view to its lowest position and farthest left. With the head tilt I was able to save a position looking about 30 degrees and was able to view that portion of the instrument panel very well. I hope this is something that you would feel comfortable with. I have always admired your abilities in the P38, and wish to someday be able to follow your example in conquering it.
This is what I was able to capture with a flick of a button. Even with heavy shadows and antialias, I can still make out the needle positioned full up.