eli5 Why do fighter pilots need to be in the aircraft?

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Why can’t they be piloted like drones, and wouldn’t that make them more flexible in designs since they don’t need to worry about space for pilots/gforces?

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Download, sign up and play World of Warplanes on a server halfway around the world from you.

Do this until you throw your computer out the nearest window in frustration.

Why would you be throwing the computer out the window?

World of Warplanes is an online game where you control a plane on the server you’re playing on. You don’t control it on your computer. This means that if you input a control it can take you a second or two to see it happen if the server is too far away (what would be happening if you were a drone pilot in your country and controlling a drone on the other side of the planet). Now imagine trying to dogfight where split second control inputs matter. Yeah, you’re going to lose.

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