Turret Gunner Controls

[Richard]

Originally Posted by Moggy

To be fair though Richard, Vejtasa's gunner had to move and aim his guns manually. How much affect would G-forces have on a gunner moving a joystick in his right hand in a powered turret, would they prevent him from moving an inch or 2? Honestly I don't know but I have my doubts.

If the gunner in the powered turret was subjected to the same g-forces, I guess he'd be able to move it around if the stick controlling the turret was placed in a "proper" position, but he would still be just as useless since he'd be suffering from G-induced blackouts.. If he can't see, he can't shoot
(This would be different for the pilot, since he's obviously in control of the airplane)


But planes with power-operated turrets tended to be heavier aircraft, so I guess it wasn't that "normal" to expect high g-forces in a Blenheim, B25 etc, compared to the SBD Dauntless for an example.