Thanks for you help. I’ll give it a try. Sounds very interesting.
I found another way to get an unobstructed forward view with no airplane visible. Works best when flying twin engines or more. On single engines the view is from just behind the prop. In cockpit view, roll the mouse forward as far as it will go. If some of the airplane is in view lightly tap the up and down arrow keys until the aircraft disappears. Make sure view is a far forward as mouse wheel goes. Save to Quick view i.e. ctrl+alt+zero. The flight controls and compass remain on the screen. You have full flight control. Using Steam version.
what if you have 3 monitors for a 180 deg view ?