request to allow to set co-pilots

[AWwrgwy]

and how is my allowing the attached person to use the bombsite a "get around a pilot wound" wish?

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.

You can essentially do this now also. Get a gunner.
 



wrongway

[B-17]

You can essentially fly from a gunner's position now. Rudder to turn. Throttle to go up and down. It's like flying with no elevators.

actually, i was flying a B-29 offline today, and i switched to the nose gunner, and i could control the plane fully. 'A' and 'D' of course, for your banking, throtlle controls, flaps, bomb doors (but not the bombs themselves) gear, which engines are controlled and shut down...everything. you can even switch from 'Shift-X' to just plain Autopilot. 'I' and 'K', in fact control your pitch with the trim tabs, as do the 'M' and ',' buttons for ailerons-- not as effective as the entire control surface, but in the case of the elevator trim tabs, far more effective than throttling up/down. i did record a film of it, PM me your email if you want it


 

[7super61]

good idea 

[guncrasher]

You can essentially do this now also. Get a gunner.
 



wrongway

attached gunners cannot control the airplane.

semp

[lyric1]

No.

[Tyrannis]

No.

Yes.

[B-17]

attached gunners cannot control the airplane.

semp

see my earlier post. i have the video, if you would like to see me do a circuit, then land a b-29 from the nose gunner's position.

[Tyrannis]

see my earlier post. i have the video, if you would like to see me do a circuit, then land a b-29 from the nose gunner's position.

were you flying your OWN plane when you did this?

yes, you can do all that from your own plane but an attached person can not.

[B-17]

were you flying your OWN plane when you did this?

yes, you can do all that from your own plane but an attached person can not.

yes, from  my own plane. im sorry. i thought we were getting at the fact that you COULD fly the airplane if you were in a gunners position

[guncrasher]

yes, from  my own plane. im sorry. i thought we were getting at the fact that you COULD fly the airplane if you were in a gunners position

the point of the thread was to allow another pilot to control the plane.

semp

[AWwrgwy]

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

[100Coogn]

only if both players would up from take off to landing.  if one of them bails then it counts as a death.  otherwise it would be one of those, i am bleeding to death, save my plane and my perkies please join thingy.

semp

Should it count as a death, or just a bail?
+1 on this idea. 

Coogan