Why not have the pilot lie down instead of sitting to reduce frontal RCS?

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

Pilot sits down, front needs more surface area. Pilot lies down, front needs less surface area by being flatter. That's why UAV has less RCS than manned plane of the same length and width because UAV has flat profile compared to manned plane. Display can be above pilot. Control can be at both sides of pilot.

 

[Michael Corleone]

Pilot sits down, front needs more surface area. Pilot lies down, front needs less surface area. That's why UAV has less RCS than manned plane. Display can be above pilot. Control can be at both sides of pilot.

good idea... but then you would need good visual characteristics for your helmet which is technically not possible even with all the advancements
second why it may be impossible to fly in a high G environment may be limitations of our body. so it's rather appropriate to develop UAV tech further to include fighter jets than strap a pilot dorsally

 

[khansaheeb]

Not a good idea, the pilots might just fall asleep, it is a natural tendency when you lie down.

 

[Skull and Bones]

Prone positioning of piloting also enables body to sustain higher G's as the blood doesn't have fight against gravity to pump all the way to the brain. But results in uncomfortable positioning for longer duration flight, very bad visibility and redesigning the whole escape system.