coolblue,
No, there isn't a panel only view to my knowledge, but you can close the view outside just by clicking on the view out of the windscreen and clicking 'close view', then you get just a back screen in front of you with the panle still visible and operational. There is a support forum for dreamfleet at
www.avsim.com apparently, I don't know the exact address, but have a look round... you might find a better answer to your question there.
G-BPEC