Timeline for Why are fighter pilots seated and not reclined?
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| Oct 21, 2017 at 22:35 | comment | added | Juan Jimenez | Bede Jet not so popular? :) You may not be aware of this, but some 40 years later there are companies still producing them and they have a waiting list. The most well known is bd-micro.com | |
| Jun 8, 2017 at 14:24 | comment | added | FreeMan | They could be to the side, @Trevor, but there's only so much space available exclusively to the side in a cockpit and still within the pilot's reach when pulling high Gs. The other advantage to having controls in front of the pilot instead of to the side is minimum time with eyes inside the cockpit to ensure that the right switch is being operated and/or confirming switch settings. | |
| Jun 5, 2017 at 13:05 | comment | added | Trevor_G | Yes I know, but they could also, just as easily, all be at arm reach left and right of the pilot. | |
| Jun 5, 2017 at 13:04 | history | edited | Dave | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 5, 2017 at 13:03 | comment | added | Dave | the controls are not whats in the way, its the instrument panel aircraft instrumentation require physical input along with the control surfaces they are not just things to look at. | |
| Jun 5, 2017 at 12:48 | comment | added | Trevor_G | Yup, issue 2 I assumed more side panel controls including side joy-stick... i.e. a wider cockpit vs tall. Not insurmountable though. Issue 1 true, but still I would think less of an issue than seated, but I could be wrong. | |
| Jun 5, 2017 at 12:42 | history | answered | Dave | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
