I've seen many screenshots showing wing views but cannot figure out how to get these in my own views. Does anyone know of any tutorials on getting wing views?

Wing Views are add-ons that you would have to find for your particular model of aircraft.

You can purchase the Active Camera addon for FS9 or you can search Avsim for for the freeware program FSCamera 1.5Phil.

Then you're saying that there are no tutorials but that these are the programs that allow the wing views?

Active Camera comes with a nice printable manual that clearly explains how to use it. It is as good as a tutorial imhp. It makes it much more realistic especially in add-on aircraft that come complete with spiced-up virtual cockpits and passenger cabins. Regards, Tom

Cycle through your S views. Within each S view, press the A key to cycle through several sub-views. You should then discover the wing views.

In the AVSIM library you will find many ready wing views for different aircraft/panels (some files made by me). Just type WING VIEWS for example. These files contain special entries which you add to your panel.cfg. Then in the FS you can easily recall these views with key combinations.Best regards,Rafal

I think the original question is, how can he learn to make Wing Views himself. Since you make them, do you know of a Tutorial that is avail that explains the procedure?>In the AVSIM library you will find many ready wing views for>different aircraft/panels (some files made by me). Just type>WING VIEWS for example. These files contain special entries>which you add to your panel.cfg. Then in the FS you can easily>recall these views with key combinations.>>Best regards,>Rafal>

I think there is some confusion in this thread because you have not specified if you're asking about FSX or FS9.In FS9, the posts about addon (Active Camera) applies. However, if you're talking about FSX, wing views (and a host of others) are included. The readme explains how to access the multitude of "camera views" included in FSX.Cal

"I've seen many screenshots showing wing views but cannot figure out how to get these in my own views. Does anyone know of any tutorials on getting wing views?"Thought I would come out of the shadows to offer something to this thread.First, a quick rundown on wing views. Some aircraft have the wings modeled as part of the "virtual cockpit". Some, but many do not. For those aircraft that do have the wings modelled you can set up wing views in the panel.cfg to be called up by the "view" keys on the numeric keypad, or for many, downloads can be found in the library that you install into the panel.cfg for the plane in question.Another, easy way of setting up a wing view is adjusting the "eyepoint" parameter of the aircraft in the aircraft.cfg aft so it's roughly over the wing. However, that can also "move" the pilot out of the VC and also throw off proper perspective on landing. But this is the method I use the most when I simply want to capture wing view shots.How do you tell if an aircraft's VC model has wing views? Simply switch to VC mode and pan around. If the wings aren't there, no .cfg tweak will get them for you--the author simply didn't model them. That's very common with some authors, like Mike Stone.FS2004 offers a great third party tool however that allows wing views for almost any aircraft. A fairly recent freeware tool, it is the Recorder module by Matthias Neusinger. Matthias' program not only allows for recording flights of just about any length, he included a feature that lets you replay the flight from any camera perspective. The camera will move with the plane just like a passenger would, and I've used this to set up endless amounts of wing views that have opened up dozens of "virtual passenger" flying opportunities.You can find Matthias' program, which is constantly being updated, here:http://www.neusinger.net/recorderWhat's great about his program is you can "save" views which you can call up for your favorite aircraft. If you want to be a "man on the wing" a la "Twilight Zone", you can even do that :)Regards,John

"he included a feature that lets you replay the flight from any camera perspective."Just a comment on my own post--the view options in the Recorder module also work outside of replaying flights--I might have misled members into thinking the feature is limited to playback only by my statement above.-John

Thank you all. I'll will be trying out the recorder that John mentioned. Thanks again

Great post John. Question on the Recorder, that would only give you Outside views of the wing correct? Other Wing Views like you are looking from the cabin outside through a Window would not appear that way correct?>>Thought I would come out of the shadows to offer something to>this thread.>>>Regards,>>John>>

"Great post John. Question on the Recorder, that would only give you Outside views of the wing correct? Other Wing Views like you are looking from the cabin outside through a Window would not appear that way correct?"It depends on the aircraft. Recorder "clips" the first few feet beyond the viewpoint--actually it is not recorder which does that, but "spot" view. The clipping may remove the cabin details depending on the aircraft. Doesn't bother me--when I am a passenger in real life, my eyes are glued to the window and I see nothing but the outside. Even tho' it's been 40 years since I first flew in an Electra, I still can't get enough of looking outside.-John