LSP_Ron Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 I found this video very interesting. A few things I noticed. Both pilots don't seem to have any throttle controls at all. The flight engineer controls them all the time, which to me doesn't seem logical? How can you react quickly if power is required and how can the pilot control airspeed in an emergency? is it correct that they have no throttle access? The other is the sluggish controls. They throw the control wheel to the left and to the right but if you watch out the windscreen the plane barely reacts. Anyway, enjoy Bomber_County, Gigant, Hubert Boillot and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerhard Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 WOW!!! Thanks for sharing!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomprobert Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 Throttle controls for the pilots are out of view - they are on low consoles against the cockpit walls beneath the side windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeC Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 (edited) Throttle controls for the pilots are out of view - they are on low consoles against the cockpit walls beneath the side windows. Agreed: I think you can see the co-pilot's throttles at 1m16s - at least there are 4 levers where logically throttles could be. Many thanks for sharing. Edited April 21, 2018 by MikeC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maxim Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 (edited) Correct, the pilots and co pilots throttles were on the side consoles against the fuselage wall. The both had throttles only. Mixture and everything else was set by the Flight Engineer. They could also feather the props and hit the extinguisher buttons. I have spent many hours in the cockpit of the B-29 helping with a restoration. Edited April 21, 2018 by Maxim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyT Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 (edited) We used to get people in the VC10 and demonstrate the voice actuated auto throttles, they would sit in the pilots seats on the ground and you would get them to say throttle 80% and they would move as if by magic........... Or simply by the expediency of me moving the set on the engineers station. Edited April 21, 2018 by TonyT MikeC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber_County Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 Thanks for sharing....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 great video, still remember the ride i did on the EAA B17, WITHOUT air protection, and without, i must admit , any "interest" from the flight crew, which was restricted only to the two up front, and we were told not to "bother" these two with questions or even attention during the flight........Ok, i can figure the guys up front have to keep their attention to flight operation, but it was a kind of a disappointment not to be able to "communicate" with our hosts................ Anyhow, i got a pretty good idea of what it must have been to the WW2 crew, noise wise and vulnerability wise, to be flying in a alluminum contraption about to be riddled by FLAK .............. J. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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