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Originally Posted by Furio
Anyone cab be wrong, me included. 
I’m not a WWII pilot, but I always wear shoulder harness during take off, and I tighten them up before any aerobatic manoeuvre (or in turbulence, since the last time I bumped my head in the canopy).
Anyway, my main points are two.
First: 6DOF was asked for many times, with answers varying from a “Perhaps someday” to a polite “No”, because of the extensive modifications needed by many cockpits. I believe it’s time to ask for something useful but not so much labour intensive.
Second: I asked the “four positions head” as an option, not as a default solution for everyone. “Option” is a word that I like very much, as it leaves anyone freedom of choice. |
shoulder harness don't stop you from moving from side to side and you be surprise on how much you can move in these copit even when you strapped in.
You still able you lean forward to a point and lean side to and look around in the copit. The reason the wore silk scarfs to stop chafing because the had to look around so much and being able to see the enemy first was a life and death struggle for WW2 pilots . Also being able to move around help when it came to looking around copit frames that would get in the way.
here some inflight copit footage of a 109