How many of you fly in the VC without trackir? If you do, would you be so kind as to let me know some tips and hints on how to do it better.Also should I change the pan rate speed to make it faster?

I do. In FS9 I was always a 2D cockpit guy since I didn't have the horse power to run the 3D cockpit, but now I fly only in the 3D cockpit and hate 2D panels. I also have been considering the TrackIR, but in the mean time I just use the hat switch to pan around the cockpit. I wouldn't mind knowing how to speed it up a little bit also.

I use the virtural cockpit without trackir and one monitor for cockpit view. The second monitor is for other instrument panel views, ATC communications and other views. It's important to set up your eyepoint location (the initial location can be defined in the view section of each aircraft.cfg file), the zoom (I use .70), and the view angle in the virtual cockpit camera definition (this is a compromise for all aircraft used) to your preference. I assign a button next to the controller hat switch to "Look Forward (3-D cockpit)" to quickly return to the instrument panel view was set up as previously described. I havn't found a need to change the pan rate.

I have a button on my yoke set to "mouse look" and can do almost everything with the mouse. Only problem is where the GPS is integrated into the panel it is difficult to quickly zoom in and out to read the GPS.scott s.

Nobody flies in the VC, they are a purely ground-based guerrilla force relying on hit and run ambushes based around a three-man cell, with occasional support from the NVA. Oh, you don't mean that VC? Okay, in that case...I've never been a huge fan of 2D main panels, although I do like 2D pop ups for some of the sub systems such as the CDU, radars and things like that. So I always fly from the VC. I have Track-IR, but I don't always use it, and if not using it I simply pan with the spacebar and the mouse, which is usually adequate for airliners.You won't find the VC on the internet either by the way, apparently 'Charlie don't surf!'Al

Always VC.... For me, FS is purely entertainment. For me, VC is more fun and seems more real!

Always been a VC person ever since interactive VC's were introduced. I fly mainly small planes in the sim, from ultralights up to piston twins.The default pan rate was increased with FSX and I find it to be just about right. Like Art_P sais, it's good to have a button assigned to quickly look forward. I use the trigger on my joystick for this.

PURE VC since FSX only. FS9 was a 2D sim. Now I feel that FSX gives me so much more from the standpoint of eye-candy scenery and superb planes that the VC is the only way to go. I do have a Track ir V and I love it. But sometimes I just want to fire FSX up and just use my panning buttons on my Microsoft FF2 joystick and it seems easy....and excellent. No baseball hat, no sitting up straight in my computer chair, and able to leave for a coffee or a beer depending on the time and my mood.VC in FSX is the best!Stan

I use VC without TIRI use a MS FFB2 joystick with a HAT switch to control my panning/scanning in the VC. I'd recommend a joystick if you dont have one - a stick that has a HAT switch for starters

How many of you fly in the VC without trackir? If you do, would you be so kind as to let me know some tips and hints on how to do it better.Also should I change the pan rate speed to make it faster?

I fly in the VC all the time, even prior to getting TrackIR.Cannot fly with the 2D panel anymore...heck....since FS2002?

I fly in the VC all the time, even prior to getting TrackIR.Cannot fly with the 2D panel anymore...heck....since FS2002?

I am true to VC flying, especially doing pattern work. You cannot scan your turns in the pattern in 2D. It simply does not cut it for my to flash a side-view, then back to forward-view, then back to side-view. Panning in VC keeps me on track with my turn to final or transitioning from forward flight to hover and landing on helo pads. When I do get to the heavies I enjoy panning in VC as well. The zoom in VC works well in my FSX too. I might eventually get some cool-dude googles get a little more reality out of this stuff.Keith

Nobody flies in the VC, they are a purely ground-based guerrilla force relying on hit and run ambushes based around a three-man cell, with occasional support from the NVA. Oh, you don't mean that VC? Okay, in that case...I've never been a huge fan of 2D main panels, although I do like 2D pop ups for some of the sub systems such as the CDU, radars and things like that. So I always fly from the VC. I have Track-IR, but I don't always use it, and if not using it I simply pan with the spacebar and the mouse, which is usually adequate for airliners.You won't find the VC on the internet either by the way, apparently 'Charlie don't surf!'Al

Wow I read the first too lines and I was like what the **** is he smokin... then I saw the second part. :(. Good one LOL. I do not recall any flight that I've done in 2D only, and I don't plan on doing any 2D panel flights in the future. They are static, take up too much of the screen, and they are getting old. The only thing I use that is 2D are the instrument panel pop ups, because sometimes its hard to get into some "virtually" cramped spaces :(.

VC, TiR and TH2Go :(

I fly VC only without TrackIR. I create specific camera views for each airplane I fly and assign a hotkey to each. Eventually, a camera addon is to be released that will revolutionize the whole VC experience. It's being created right now by Marniftarr (screen name) and is to come out this summer. I haven't heard from him lately, I hope the release date hasn't been postponed.Curt

I use the VC almost exclusively. The only time that I use the 2D panel is to set one or two things for take off, like the flaps and trim.