Wayne B Posted April 1, 2022 Share Posted April 1, 2022 Did the Challenger have an interlock of some sort to prevent the turret from rotating when the driver was in a head out position, to prevent inadvertent injury/decapitation of the driver? I guess where I’m going is, would the turret always be in the forward position when the driver had his head out of the hatch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old pro Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 The drivers head doesn’t stick out that far, the turret can still fully rotate with the drivers head out, a tall driver might get a slight bump on the head but wearing the CV helmet will negate any injury. There are videos of challengers rotating the turret whilst the driver is in the head out position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scimitar F1 Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 Some regiments insisted that drivers were always closed down - more for the training value it must be said Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne B Posted April 3, 2022 Author Share Posted April 3, 2022 Thanks guys. All the photos I came across where the driver’s head was visible, the turret seemed to be rotated by no more than 15 deg or so (or 180deg) so just wondered. I guess I’m free to display the turret rotated. 😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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