[Droid803]

Damn, I can't find a picture of the cockpit oft he Gurren Nikishi...(because it is piloted like a motorcycle).

[Stormkeeper]

I was about to mention that. If you'll wait a moment I can give you a screenshot of the cockpit that elicited many a Symbian fan art.

There's this one:


Or the coloured, and much more interesting one.

[Droid803]

Yes, the sketch could be a good reference (as could the one with the pilot in it )

[Stormkeeper]

Well, my season one eps are on my hard drive. The season ones have less ... uh ... interesting pictures of the cockpits. And the Gurren is not the only one with a motorcycle cockpit. There are the ones used by the Shiseiken, but I can't remember what their Knightmares are called.

[Snail]

To be honest I think the cockpits look kinda stupid right now. IMO they should be less transparent than they are now, so you can still see through them but you can't see the dude's face.

[peterv]

Second thoughts.

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[Stormkeeper]

Might I be the first to say ... it looks weird.

[Mars]

I like the concept... however...

It really does look like he's humping that console.

[Solatar]

On second thought maybe just make the cockpit similar to a TIE fighter? I like where it's going (motorcycle), however it remains to be seen if it can look decent. The way it is doesn't look SO bad, it just doesn't look natural. If he looked a bit more comfortable and relaxed it might make it look better.

I'm really glad somebody is finally making an HTL Ulysses though. It always seemed odd to me that although it seemed to be the first ship to get a lot of new features, it never made it into HTL.

[Snail]

It really does look like he's humping that console.

Change it into a girl and it'll all be fine.

[Droid803]

It really does look like he's humping that console.

Change it into a girl and it'll all be fine.

Second thoughts.

*pictures*

I'd move the guy back a bit. Looks like he's going to go through the window during a stop or a dive.

[Stormkeeper]

It really does look like he's humping that console.

Change it into a girl and it'll all be fine.

How can you tell if its a girl if she's wearing a pilot suit?

[Droid803]

The face, and the general body shape, duh!

[Stormkeeper]

I propose she wear a bunny suit! With a helmet.

[Herra Tohtori]

Emperor Pirk's orders: At this date, I have ordered an immediate change of wardrobe for all female terran pilots.

[Droid803]

Isn't that Asuka from NGE?

[Herra Tohtori]

Of course not. It is a terran fighter pilot now.

EDIT:

...Okay, so it is. </spam>


Seriously though, I don't think prone position would be too stressful. It isn't too bad on a rifle range while shooting, and you could always tilt it upwards some 20-30 degrees depending on pilot preference. The "bat-bike" position showed in the screenshots doesn't look very natural IMHO, regardless of what kind of flight suit the pilot is wearing...

My suggestion would be to either have the pilot leaning more forward so that the legs are actually behind the torso, while being supported on some kind of recliner or whatnot, or have the pilot lean backwards. Or you could steal a page from B5 and use a StarFury setup - just strap the pilot on the back wall of the cockpit in an upright position.

[Droid803]

Hrm, alright. No objections.

[peterv]

It really does look like he's humping that console.

Change it into a girl and it'll all be fine.

Second thoughts.

*pictures*

I'd move the guy back a bit. Looks like he's going to go through the window during a stop or a dive.

O.K. but just a bit.
At first i was very sceptical about this, so i 've made this draft, just to prove me wright. But after seeing the result, i find this solution perfect, mainly because It fits perfectly with the bat's shape. However, i'll be glad to make something more acceptable for the official fighter. This one will not be wasted, i will use it to my modification off the bat.

Of course not. It is a terran fighter pilot now.

EDIT:

...Okay, so it is. </spam>


Seriously though, I don't think prone position would be too stressful. It isn't too bad on a rifle range while shooting, and you could always tilt it upwards some 20-30 degrees depending on pilot preference. The "bat-bike" position showed in the screenshots doesn't look very natural IMHO, regardless of what kind of flight suit the pilot is wearing...

My suggestion would be to either have the pilot leaning more forward so that the legs are actually behind the torso, while being supported on some kind of recliner or whatnot, or have the pilot lean backwards. Or you could steal a page from B5 and use a StarFury setup - just strap the pilot on the back wall of the cockpit in an upright position.

The (center off the) legs are behind the  (center off the) torso and supported, perhaps the renderings are not so descriptive.

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[Gregster2k]

It's late for me to say this, but I agree, the Guren Nishiki design (for the Ulysses) wins. Hell, now I want to see what it'd look like in other fighters...
Oh, hell, the real reason I'm saying it is...woo, fellow Code Geass fans! Awesome!

Even better question -- how does a Vasudan sit in a Ulysses?