Hi Ed.

1. Is there a way to save the current panel state in the CS722? I shut her down and save it; however, when I reload the save the panel has returned to the default settings. The engines will be shut down but items such as pitot heat will be back on.
I'm not sure if it is or not, but I don't think so. I'll leave this to someone else to provide an answer with a better explanation.

2. Is there a shortcut for the FE seat in the VC?
Because there is no 2D cockpit here is what I did. I added the line HotkeySelect=2 to the bottom of [CameraDefinition005] in the aircraft.cfg. Like this:

[CameraDefinition.005]
Title = "Flight Engineer"
Guid = {C5F2306E-A4D9-4F36-B984-8085F0B9C35C}
Origin = Virtual Cockpit
MomentumEffect = YES
SnapPbhAdjust = Swivel
SnapPbhReturn = False
PanPbhAdjust = Swivel
PanPbhReturn = False
Track = None
ShowAxis = YES
AllowZoom = TRUE
InitialZoom = .5
SmoothZoomTime = 2.0
ZoomPanScalar = 1.0
ShowWeather = Yes
XyzAdjust = TRUE
ShowLensFlare=FALSE
Category = Cockpit
PitchPanRate=20
HeadingPanRate=60
InitialXyz=0.60, 0.05, -0.70
InitialPbh=15, 0, 90
HotkeySelect=2

So when I press F10, instead of going to the empty 2D cockpit, I go to the Flight Engineer station. I have done this to all the aircraft.cfg's for the 727-100, 200 & Freighters.

Hope this helps.

Mark