Hunk a Junk
Sr Member
If I remember right, Hera only flew the prototype in athmosphere. Maybe the B-Wing is setverticaly in athmosphere and for landing approach and crucifix-mode in space
I can buy that, but I'm not sure what advantage keeping the cockpit level would do in a dogfight (the ship would still be doing loops and dives). I assume Star Wars fighters have some kind of inertia dampeners that prevent the pilots from being smeared into jelly or barfing their lunch every time the ship does a high-G turn or spin. It seems like having the cockpit level to the horizon while the rest of the ship is spinning around you would only make operating the ship harder not easier. Your guns would constantly be in a different firing position. Computers could keep up with it, I guess, but again what is the advantage to staying level? From a pilot's point of view, it would make more sense to stay oriented to your target, not the horizon. In other words, the pilot is always "level" regardless of what is happening outside his or her windshield.