Tiger Moth front seat?

[Freyah]

Is the front seat position in the tiger moth supposed to be controllable or not? I can't "take over" when I switch there. Every other plane with multi positions works. I've searched this forum for an hour and can't find this info....It would be nice to fly it without the wonderful view of the back of some dudes head....

[_YoYo_]

Yes its possible, check School lessons in CoD menu :) .

[Freyah]

I was hoping that wasn't the only way......... thanks Yo.

[_YoYo_]

Didnt test online but I suppose is possible too if aircraft isnt blocked by creator of mission.

[Troll2k]

I think it is a center of gravity situation.A single person must sit in the back seat.

I believe the same is true for the J3 Cub.

[Freyah]

@ YOYO - I assume by "blocked" you mean the realism setting -select plane and -select crew position, also --AI control ? All are allowed on my settings and as I mentioned every other plane works fine. I've made several missions for the tiger moth and see no way to block crew position selection from within the editor. Yet I can still "move" to the front seat postition but I can't take the controls... the autopilot just assumes control of it.
@Troll - The CG thing shouldn't matter because no matter where you move to an AI person is still there to fill the position...

thanks for your answers, I'll just assume the Moth just isn't programmed to switch controls to the front seat.......try it and you'll see what I mean.

PS. I only play offline...so far

Cheers,
Freyah

[_YoYo_]

But as I remember Oleg promised than this Tiger Moth will be for online traning too. I never checked this, but his promice :D.

[Blackdog_kt]

I seem to remember being able to switch between positions simply by using the same keybindings i have for cycling between pilot/bombardier/gunners in the bombers.

The trick is to make sure you transfer control between pilots (i think the same thing happens in the Br.20, which also has a 2nd pilot). I think the default command for this function is ctrl+C. So, switch to the front cockpit and if your stick doesn't work try to also transfer control between pilots.

[Freyah]

That did it!!!!!!! Control c. Man I feel like an idiot. Thanks Blackdog, I've always overlooked that thinking it was just a quick way to jump between the pilot and a certain gunner , but never thought it had anything to do with flight control. Well, I owe you all a huge thanks for helping this idiot along, now to go flying......from the front seat....
cheers,
Freyah

[Blackdog_kt]

Don't be so hard on yourself mate :-P
Lots of things have been discovered by trial and error and someone is bound to know the answer around here, you did well to ask.