User Guide

CO-PILOT/GUNNER COCKPIT
Longbow, Kiowa
Both the Longbow and the Kiowa feature a separate cockpit for the co-pilot/gunner
(CP/G). In the Kiowa, the two seats are virtually identical. In the Longbow you can
perform most of the same tasks in the front (CP/G) seat as you can in the pilot’s
seat — the main difference is that the CP/G seat has an
Optical Relay Tube
(ORT) Unit.
Uses for CP/G Cockpit
Unless you’re flying specifically as a CP/G in a multi-player scenario, you don’t
have to use the second cockpit. The Kiowa’s CP/G really doesn’t have any advan-
tages over the pilot’s seat. In the Longbow, however, the greatest advantage is
that you can display different MFDs in each cockpit. Typically, offensive MFDs are
most useful in the CP/G cockpit, defensives ones in the pilot’s cockpit. In the
Longbow, the cockpit dash view of the ORT is only visible in the front (CP/G) seat
(between the left and right MFDs).
If you are flying in a multi-player scenario, with both a human pilot and a human
CP/G, you may wish to keep in mind that according to Army SOP, the highest-
ranking person in the helicopter occupies the CP/G seat under normal circum-
stances. This is because he is in the best position to know whether the mission
has been accomplished, gauge the general battlefield situation, and determine in
an emergency situation whether to proceed with the mission or bug out.
Kiowa’s Left Seat (CP/G)
The co-pilot’s seat in the Kiowa is functionally identical to the pilot’s. The only
differences are that the single MFD appears on the opposite side of the panel,
and the PDU doesn’t appear. Kiowa pilots and CP/Gs share the same Digital
Moving Map display (see p. 2.45 for map details).
Numpad 0 Toggle between left seat (CP/G) and right seat (pilot’s cockpit)
2: COCKPITS
2.51
KIOWA LEFT-SEAT DASH