attached gunners cannot control the airplane.
semp
He said:
this would work great, especially when you have those pesky timid planes that like to wait till your in your bombsites to make there run on you.
pilot simply opens the bombay doors, giving the attached pilot (co-pilot)control of the bombsite, and the main pilot can jump back to gun while the co-pilot makes the bomb run.
Now, if you had a gunner attached, which you can do now, he wouldn't have the "pesky, timid plane issue. The attached gunner would be shooting, I hope, at said pesky plane.
Hence you can do what he is asking for now, with a gunner.
the point of the thread was to allow another pilot to control the plane.
semp
And our point is:
A) Why?
a. If you have a pilot wound someone attached can fly.
Work around available now: Jump to a gunner position and "fly" from there.
Gamey? Yes. But you can do it without someone else attached to your plane.
b. If you are "under the hood" you are extra vulnerable to pilots who time there attack accordingly.
Work around available now: Get someone to gun for you.
Apparently he is asking to be a gunner while someone else flys and bombs which you can also do now by joining
someone else's plane.
wrongway