Originally Posted by
lowskids
On the AH-1 the front seat flight controls were about 4 times more sensitive than the rear. To those of you that remember your first few hours in a helicopter, think about that.
Snake Pilot by Randy Zahn recounts how fatiguing it was to fly the Cobra from the front seat, for this reason.
Separately, I saw this the other day that says that the European Tiger has the pilot in the front and the gunner in the back as standard.