Let's face it - 90 % of your flying time with be done in the cockpit view.
I do enjoy flying in "FLY - BY" view with the wing-tip smoke on ... ... but I crash a lot more that way!
So... back to the cockpit. Here's the beauty of the internet... I get to show you what the cockpit actually is going to look like on your monitor!
I look at the Virtual Cockpit
... then you click on parts of the cockpit and voila,
... the view zooms into show more detail.
Then the fixed cockpit:
... so you can see what the general visibility is like.
Then the main view is presented in a full page image...
... the gauges are shown actual size...
... so by the end of it all you really get a good feel for the cockpit and decide if it's one you care to fly in!
But wait, there's more! ... the cockpit is pretty important after all!
Sure - having an extra monitor or two helps - I have three! Look around - I paid less than AUD $ 150 (USD $ 75) for two second hand 15 " monitors and 2 old old graphics cards. They don't need to be powerful to run these gauges. I'm running a Hercules 3D Prophet III Titanium 500 on the centre screen - 64 meg of RAM, heaps of power and smoooooth anti-aliasing - lookin' good!
How about, as well as a close up look at the panels:
You also get tables for each aircraft showing what panel they have and what keystrokes activate them! (Gotta print these out!)
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