You would need to create a "CameraDefinition" in the aircraft.cfg to get a preset view.

If you have Flight Simulator X Deluxe witch includes the SDK it is explained in the SDK help file. You would need to install the SDK and I would recommend installing ALL the SDK updates up to SP2/Acceleration.

I have added extra camera views in quite a few of the default aircraft as well as addon aircaft.

Another thing I do is increase the Pan views from the normal setting which takes a while to get up to speed. This means that all my views (except the ones that are a fixed view) pan at the same rate.

The lines I add are in bold:-

[CameraDefinition.001]
Title = "Captain Seat"
Guid = {8ff6c134-098d-409f-baec-caba3f683f98}
Origin = Virtual Cockpit
MomentumEffect = YES
SnapPbhAdjust = Swivel
SnapPbhReturn = False
PanPbhAdjust = Swivel
PanPbhReturn = False
Track = None
ShowAxis = YES
AllowZoom = TRUE
InitialZoom = .4
SmoothZoomTime = 2.0
ZoomPanScalar = 1.0
ShowWeather = Yes
XyzAdjust = TRUE
ShowLensFlare=FALSE
Category = Cockpit
PitchPanRate=30
HeadingPanRate=75
PanAcceleratorTime=0
InitialXyz=0.0, 0.0, 0.0
InitialPbh=5, 0, 20
xyzRate=0.5

The InitialXyz=0.0, 0.0, 0.0 is the distance (up/down, left/right, forward/backward) from the default Virtual Cockpit view, the view that you get when you press F9.

From the SDK:-


Quote:

“XYZ” value types denote a set of three numeric values expressed as a comma-separated string in the configuration file (for example: InitialPbh=0, 10, -40). Each value can be positive or negative and there must be a space between each comma and the following value.

EDIT: Backup the original aircraft.cfg before making any modifications. Just in case!

Hope this helps you out.

Mark