Good comments!
The "blanking screen" issue may not get resolved as I don't think MS considers it a bug (they probably consider it to be a "feature" since you have a nice clean screen to drag windows into). It can be worked around by running FSX in windowed mode, too.
The profile I'm working is mostly for me (sorry, pure selfishness
)...and I run in client-server mode so the TB display is not a real issue right now. More important (to me, I guess) is how I design the profile...whether for a larger touch screen or smaller (or both). I'll take a look at the IL2 profile later today...thanks for your work!