Author Topic: B29 cockpit pictures released!  (Read 4023 times)

Offline colmbo

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Re: B29 cockpit pictures released!
« Reply #45 on: December 21, 2010, 01:24:39 AM »
D'oh.  I was looking for throttles on the center console.

Still, the engineer station appears to have all three power controls (throttle, prop pitch and ...?).  What was the pilot controlling?

The pilots had throttles.  For normal power changes the FE could do them but for critical situations, such as landing and takeoff, the pilot needs to have throttles in hand to make timely, precise power adjustments.
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