Your advice was helpful, no doubt. I just wanted to mention the rest, in case you were not aware it.

 

* Orest

In controls, views, you can see various options for Eyepoint (move back), (move up), (move down) and so on. I assign the arrow keys for u,d,f,b and the small arrow keys on the pg up / dn for the expoint left and right. For non TIR users it's perfect, can quickly align your eypoint to keep the HUD display dead in the middle, handy for cross wind landings etc. If you use a HAT to pan, then a rest button on your joystick to reset your view to straight ahead (FSX, "Look (reset to forward view)" option) then it's handy that the view point is reset but goes back to the latest eyepoing you had before panning.

Thank you all very much for your very helpfull suggestions. I am overwhelmed by the response.

Kind regards to you all,

Richard