Took my first flight last Sunday and I was kind of disappointed in the scenery.
I flew the Cessna 172 and it was not bad the VC was okay but the instrument panel was to close. I will keep playing with it and download some scenery and airplanes and see how things go.
At first, trying to fly it, its a huge wall. None of the controls are the same. Also, and my worst feedback was the closeness of the panel in VC mode like you said.
Jim has it for the fix on that. Go to Rendering Settings, go to Field of View, reset to something like 65 to 70. Restart the sim. (Have to restart it to get new settings.
To go to full screen, go to Rendering and Settings, go to Resolution, program in your exact monitor resolution. Restart the sim.
On command keys, I simply sat down and started programming all my FS controls into the XP9 control key commands.
However, some arent like FS. For instance, in FS, S key takes you through 4 different window views.. In XP9, you only go to one. So in my XP9, I now have S key for VC view, A key is 2D view, W key is 2D panel view, and when running TrackIR, I have Control/zero for VC TrackIR view.
Flaps also..
And I have everything rigged up identicle to my Saitek X45.
Bill