I want to get rid of the 3d cockpit in 2d mode in a couple of acft (you can see the 3d cockpit when looking to the sides just beyond my added on 2d cockpit views). However, I want to keep the 3d view in most of my acft 2D cockpits... can this be done on a per acft basis?

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Hi, yes, you can use the eye point parameter in the panel.cfgFor details you