i have been flying cfs for years and switched to cfs3 this weekend.   Installed and did the 3.1 update. I cant see the instriument panel unless i pan down i do have hud is this normal? Also having a hard time seeing the planes in combat very small even at 200 yds. seemed like in the older versions they looked bigger. I have tried different resolution settings. Also joystick seems to over responding. Any input will help thanks.

There's a utility that can be downloaded from this site that gives the default cockpit a wider few than normally shows. It's in the CFS3 downloads sections.
It's called something like wide-view.