A question of height

[Igo kyu]

Originally Posted by C6_Krasno

The speedbar gives the alt from sea level, like the altimeter in the plane. When you use the view without cockpit, you have alt from the ground directly under you.

This is not what I see. I just took a Mossie over the mountains inland of Yalta, paused with maybe 100 metres clearance, certainly no more, and the speed bar height didn't change when I switched from F1 view to F2 view. If this has changed, I don't remember noticing it.