Engineering:Supine cockpit

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A supine cockpit is where the pilot is in a supine position to reduce blood pooling in the legs and preventing g-LOC in hypergravity environments. This can enable the pilot to handle g-forces.[1][2] It is the opposite of the prone pilot.[3][4]

List of supine cockpit aircraft

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Human capabilities in the prone and supine positions: an annotated bibliography". https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/AD0282780.pdf. 
  2. ↑ "A Preface to Planes with Pronated Pilots | by Vaishnavi Rajesh | Medium". 6 October 2021. https://medium.com/@vaishnavirajesh/a-preface-to-planes-with-pronated-pilots-33f5286cd721. 
  3. ↑ "Proned pilots - Nest of Dragons". https://www.nestofdragons.net/weird-airplanes/proned-pilots/. 
  4. ↑ "proned pilots". https://www.nurflugel.com/Nurflugel/n_o_d/weird_07.htm. 



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