Full view ahead without instruments (MSFS)

Start your Sim and load a flight.

Then create a custom camera.
In default [ctrl]+[alt]+[0] for custom camera 0, [ctrl]+[alt]+[1] for custom camera 1 etc.

Close the sim.

Then take a look in the aircraft folder created here …

C:\Users\[YourName]\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\SimObjects\

There should be a folder with your aircraft and a camera.cfg file within. If not, you didn’t successfully create a custom camera for your plane.

Backup this file.

Load the file and edit the

InitialXyz = xxx,xxx,xxx

at the bottom of the custom camera definition which you want to change.

I for some planes it is sufficient to add 1 to the 3rd number in the InitialXyz -line and save.
Some other aircrafts require a bigger offset (moving more forward from the standard head position.

Reload the sim, load your aircraft, check the result by calling the custom camera.
In default that would be [Alt]+[0] if you changed the custom camera 0 etc.

If you succeeded at least to get “out of the cockpit”, you can move more in detail by the camera controls. For instance if the position stucks between the glare shield and the prop, but you want to set the camera in front of the prop.

Example for the A32nx from FlyByWireSim:

[VERSION]
major=1
minor=0

[CAMERADEFINITION.0]
Title="1"
Guid="{6F5FAD08-7D5A-4F6B-ADE9-6CDF09F6EC38}"
UITitle="1"
Description="PIC"
Origin="Virtual Cockpit"
Track="None"
TargetCategory="None"
ClipMode="Normal"
SnapPbhAdjust="None"
PanPbhAdjust="None"
XyzAdjust=0
ShowAxis="NO"
AllowZoom=1
InitialZoom=0.397319
SmoothZoomTime=5
BoundingBoxRadius=0.1
ShowWeather=0
CycleHidden=0
CycleHideRadius=0
ShowPanel=0
MomentumEffect=0
ShowLensFlare=0
PanPbhReturn=0
SnapPbhReturn=1
InstancedBased=0
NoSortTitle=0
NodesToHide=""
Transition=0
Category="Cockpit"
SubCategory="Custom"
SubCategoryItem="None"
InitialXyz= -0.046875, 0.76466, -2.269297
InitialPbh= -14.588811, 0.029154, 0.0

[CAMERADEFINITION.1]
Title="2"
Guid="{7DAE0988-E39E-4F3C-8F7B-D2B9AAE98DF2}"
UITitle="2"
Description="MCDU"
Origin="Virtual Cockpit"
Track="None"
TargetCategory="None"
ClipMode="Normal"
SnapPbhAdjust="None"
PanPbhAdjust="None"
XyzAdjust=0
ShowAxis="NO"
AllowZoom=1
InitialZoom=0.173311
SmoothZoomTime=5
BoundingBoxRadius=0.1
ShowWeather=0
CycleHidden=0
CycleHideRadius=0
ShowPanel=0
MomentumEffect=0
ShowLensFlare=0
PanPbhReturn=0
SnapPbhReturn=1
InstancedBased=0
NoSortTitle=0
NodesToHide=""
Transition=0
Category="Cockpit"
SubCategory="Custom"
SubCategoryItem="None"
InitialXyz= 0.015538, 0.543839, -2.032662
InitialPbh= -53.08165, 0.027885, 14.977252

[CAMERADEFINITION.2]
Title="3"
Guid="{407A1D2A-377D-402F-AFD7-A7E465EAE9B4}"
UITitle="3"
Description="Overhead"
Origin="Virtual Cockpit"
Track="None"
TargetCategory="None"
ClipMode="Normal"
SnapPbhAdjust="None"
PanPbhAdjust="None"
XyzAdjust=0
ShowAxis="NO"
AllowZoom=1
InitialZoom=0.429092
SmoothZoomTime=5
BoundingBoxRadius=0.1
ShowWeather=0
CycleHidden=0
CycleHideRadius=0
ShowPanel=0
MomentumEffect=0
ShowLensFlare=0
PanPbhReturn=0
SnapPbhReturn=1
InstancedBased=0
NoSortTitle=0
NodesToHide=""
Transition=0
Category="Cockpit"
SubCategory="Custom"
SubCategoryItem="None"
InitialXyz= 0.204923, 0.768794, -2.401444
InitialPbh= 44.576603, 0.04628, 23.530581

[CAMERADEFINITION.3]
Title="4"
Guid="{810B3F08-9B53-4513-AF49-C73FE357CD39}"
UITitle="4"
Description="Panel-PC"
Origin="Virtual Cockpit"
Track="None"
TargetCategory="None"
ClipMode="Normal"
SnapPbhAdjust="None"
PanPbhAdjust="None"
XyzAdjust=0
ShowAxis="NO"
AllowZoom=1
InitialZoom=0.097671
SmoothZoomTime=5
BoundingBoxRadius=0.1
ShowWeather=0
CycleHidden=0
CycleHideRadius=0
ShowPanel=0
MomentumEffect=0
ShowLensFlare=0
PanPbhReturn=0
SnapPbhReturn=1
InstancedBased=0
NoSortTitle=0
NodesToHide=""
Transition=0
Category="Cockpit"
SubCategory="Custom"
SubCategoryItem="None"
InitialXyz= -0.044999, 0.77, -2.27401
InitialPbh= -30.558952, -0.000009, -55.6049

[CAMERADEFINITION.4]
Title="0"
Guid="{18CCF5E5-2AF4-473E-A392-2A0D57AE4718}"
UITitle="0"
Description="No-VC"
Origin="Virtual Cockpit"
Track="None"
TargetCategory="None"
ClipMode="Normal"
SnapPbhAdjust="None"
PanPbhAdjust="None"
XyzAdjust=0
ShowAxis="NO"
AllowZoom=1
InitialZoom=0.299679
SmoothZoomTime=5
BoundingBoxRadius=0.1
ShowWeather=0
CycleHidden=0
CycleHideRadius=0
ShowPanel=0
MomentumEffect=0
ShowLensFlare=0
PanPbhReturn=0
SnapPbhReturn=1
InstancedBased=0
NoSortTitle=0
NodesToHide=""
Transition=0
Category="Cockpit"
SubCategory="Custom"
SubCategoryItem="None"
InitialXyz= -0.045239, 0.765012, -3.962617
InitialPbh= 2.085399, 0.0, 0.0