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How about a simple Fly-by and Tower-View add-on?

Would you be interested in buying a simple Fly-By & Tower View add-on? 35 members have voted

  1. 1. Would you be interested in buying a simple Fly-By & Tower View add-on for 2024?

    • Yep, would rather have a simple Fly-by and Tower View add-on versus something more complex
      71%
      25
    • Nope, would rather have a full overhaul of the camera system with those views included, like ChasePlane for 2020
      28%
      10
  2. 2. If you said Yep above, what would it be worth to you to buy? (choose one closest to what you would prefer)

    • $5.00
      60%
      21
    • $7.50
      17%
      6
    • $10.00
      22%
      8

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Poll closed on 12/24/25 at 07:28 AM

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I bought ChasePlane for 2020 and it's just way more than I really need or want.  I'm very happy with my default views, easily assigned as you know for custom views, and just really miss the simple Fly-by and Tower View features we all became accustomed to.  TBH, I'm not sure I'll install CP for 2024 it's just more than I really want and would love a simple option.

I bring it up along w/ the poll as perhaps a dev might see it and see an opportunity.  If loads of folks would want it it may well be a good op.  I have no idea how complicated it would be to do though...

Noel

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Aircraft used in MSFS 2024:  Fenix A320,  Aerosoft CRJ, FBW, WT 787X, I-Fly 737 MAX 8, Citation Longitude.

 

Agree 100%. Default camera system is great. Just missing the fly-by/tower cameras. 

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I would really like the Tower view. if there was a simple addon to make that work I would be happy.

Maybe also one runway view that can be moved around between different locations.

For now I have been happy with some default and custom views in MSFS2024.

One question: does anyone know what Shift 5 does? I am not sure when I was setting up the views whether i somehow "destroyed" this view in MSFS2024, but essentially  Shift  + 5 does nothing for me. What is the default view that is mapped for this key combination? All other Shift + other numeric key combos give me different default views.

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Mark Aldridge
MSFS2024 SU5 & P3D v5.3 HF2

Voted "Yep" + "$5,00" 🙂

I miss those "S" and "A" shortcuts from good old fs9 / FSX soooooo much 😞

 

Edited by jcomm

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The default camera needs a fly-by view! Not interested in 3rd party.

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1 hour ago, Cyrex1984 said:

This addon just autospawn you to the tower, takes 5 seconds to use the drone and go there yourself. Not worth it in my opinion.

I don't personally have it as I don't see a use for paying for something like this. Though I figure it may suit Noel's needs.

To me Chaseplane does have a lot of features and a lot of them I don't use but I don't regret my purchase. We finally have a proper physics camera, fly-by cam, tower cam (and several more, excluding cinematics mode which I love in it's own right).

1 hour ago, Pugilist2 said:

The default camera needs a fly-by view! Not interested in 3rd party.

Yeah but it doesn't and it clearly isn't a focus for the Asobo team. So the options are to do without or look at 3rd party options.

16 hours ago, Twenty6 said:

Thanks for the link but its unfortunately its of no help because it states "Toggle Instrument View 5". So my question is what view is that exactly???

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Mark Aldridge
MSFS2024 SU5 & P3D v5.3 HF2

13 hours ago, Cyrex1984 said:

This addon just autospawn you to the tower, takes 5 seconds to use the drone and go there yourself. Not worth it in my opinion.

Good suggestion.

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Now built: P3Dv5.3HF2: Intel i5-12600K @4.8Ghz | MSI Z690-A PRO | Asus Dual RTX 4070 Super OC 12Gb| 32Gb Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200Mhz |Samsung 980Evo Pro PCIe 500Gb | WD Black SN850 PCIe 2Tb | WD SA510 4Tb |beQuiet 802 Tower Case|Corsair RM850 PSU | Acer Predator X34P 3440x1440p

Mark Aldridge
MSFS2024 SU5 & P3D v5.3 HF2

3 hours ago, 787flyer said:

Thanks for the link but its unfortunately its of no help because it states "Toggle Instrument View 5". So my question is what view is that exactly???

Your question asked what Shift-5 does. the answer is "Toggle Instrument View 5." If you want to know what an instrument view is search for "instrument view msfs." You'll get thousands of hits explaining it better than I can.

-J

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20 hours ago, Twenty6 said:

Your question asked what Shift-5 does. the answer is "Toggle Instrument View 5." If you want to know what an instrument view is search for "instrument view msfs." You'll get thousands of hits explaining it better than I can.

Have you actually tried to find the answer to the question I have asked? I tried your suggestions and yes there are a lot of google results for custom view cameras but this is not what I am after. I would like to know the expected default camera view for Shift + 5. If you search for this, most search results just give a generic answer similar to this list and the one your provided but its still ambiguous.: https://flightsimcoach.com/fs2020-keyboard-shortcuts-microsoft-flight-simulator-2020/#:~:text=Toggle Instrument View 9%2C CTRL + 9%2C,8%2C CTRL + 8%2C Camera%2C Instrument Views.. So far I have not found a list of what those default instrument views actually show.

Its quite a simple question really... what happens when you press Shift  + 5 in the sim? What instrument view is displayed if one at all?

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Now built: P3Dv5.3HF2: Intel i5-12600K @4.8Ghz | MSI Z690-A PRO | Asus Dual RTX 4070 Super OC 12Gb| 32Gb Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200Mhz |Samsung 980Evo Pro PCIe 500Gb | WD Black SN850 PCIe 2Tb | WD SA510 4Tb |beQuiet 802 Tower Case|Corsair RM850 PSU | Acer Predator X34P 3440x1440p

Mark Aldridge
MSFS2024 SU5 & P3D v5.3 HF2

On 9/23/2025 at 9:33 AM, 787flyer said:

One question: does anyone know what Shift 5 does? I am not sure when I was setting up the views whether i somehow "destroyed" this view in MSFS2024, but essentially  Shift  + 5 does nothing for me. What is the default view that is mapped for this key combination? All other Shift + other numeric key combos give me different default views.

If you try to change or delete default keyboard assignments MSFS will force you to make another profile. You can't "destroy" any default views. Since you've set up other views that work, maybe it's what I have listed below.

In my own personal experience, in a non-default profile, saving a Shift+5 view sometimes takes two or three tries before it will save properly. Sometimes not at all. Other Shift+# combinations don't give me this problem. 

5 hours ago, 787flyer said:

So far I have not found a list of what those default instrument views actually show.

That's because they're custom views and often different from plane to plane. If you don't like the default custom views that come with any individual plane you can change one or all of them.

-J

13700KF | RTX 4090 @ 1440 | 64GB DDR5 | 2 x 1TB SSDs | 1TB M.2 NVMe

On 9/23/2025 at 10:51 AM, Lucky38i said:

Yeah but it doesn't and it clearly isn't a focus for the Asobo team. So the options are to do without or look at 3rd party options.

  

Lol, of course I know it doesn't! You stated that "It clearly isn't a focus of the Asobo team" and telling me what the options are as you are part of the team. Lol, I am sure you know what they have planned as well? 

The question was asked, "Would you be interested in buying a simple Fly-By & Tower view add-on"? I answered the question stating the default camera needs a fly by view. Again, I would rather do without and am not interested in buying a 3rd party add on!

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