The robo cockpits of Super Sentai have been different. Sometimes they sat down, sometimes they stood around. I just have pictures of one main robo, not all. This is updated from a 2013 post.
Sit-Down Cockpits
1. Battle Fever J (1979)
The first series to have a robo---the first cockpit was technical and boxy and everyone sat down.
2. Denjiman (1980)
Second sit-down joint cockpit. They had no door in the back.
3. Changeman (1985)
They shared a cockpit for their base but in the robo, they were split, Red in one, one boy and one girl in the other two. Change Phoenix had a capsule-like cockpit like the Bioman. In the shared cockpit, they had a backdoor.
4. Flashman (1986)
They shared a cockpit. Where from 1981 to 1985, they all didn't have shared cockpits. This diamond-front shape was used again for Maskman, Hurricanger and Ohranger.
5. Maskman (1987)
I like the look, with the windows on the side.
6. Liveman (1988)
The first trio shared their cockpit in the first robo. I don't know about the second robo, let me know if you know.
7. Turboranger (1989)
I don't like how generic it looks. They had a rahter big backdoor.
8. Fiveman (1990)
I like the colors.
9. Jetman (1991)
If this cockpit looks like a cockpit, there is a big reason. This is the first time I think they recycled a cockpit, because this cockpit was re-used for Zyuranger. They had a backdoor and their symbol on the back.
10. Zyuranger (1992) / MMPR Season 1 (1993)
The same cockpit was re-used from Jetman and just customized. But this is what Power Ranger fans are used to seeing. They had a backdoor and their symbol on the back. Yes, Dragon Ranger was in the cockpit once but only for Zyuranger, this footage, for some reason, was not used in Power Rangers. Dragon Ranger/Green Ranger only used his own robo's cockpit once.
11. Ohranger (1995) / Zeo (1996)
The first sit-down cockpit since 1992 and it was cramped. Depending on the helmet, the Rangers would switch seats. Once they got in their other robo or the pyramid, they had more space. They always sat down. The sixth hero had his own sit-down cockpit.
12. Carranger (1996) / Turbo (1997)
The Carranger also sat down. For the Turbo: A Power Rangers movie, they had a different looking cockpit.
13. Megaranger (1997) / In Space (1998)
The Megaranger had a fancy-smancy cockpit.
14. Go Go Five (1999) / Lightspeed Rescue (2000)
The team had similar sitting-down cockpits, depending on their robo.
15. Hurricanger (2002) / Ninja Storm (2003)
Even though they did not share cockpits until they merged all six, I wanted to show the cockpit. They really didn't have a backdoor. For those who do not know, that is Gozen, the source of the mecha in Hurricanger.
16. Magiranger (2005) - Magi Shine / Mystic Force (2006) - Solaris Knight
Magi Shine had his own sit-down cockpit in Travelion.
17. Boukenger (2006) / Operation Overdrive (2007)
They always sat down, the shared cockpit changed for DaiVoyager but it was the same method. The sixth hero sat as well.
18. Go-Onger (2008) / RPM (2009)
They sat down in their own cockpits. For their own seperate robos, they didn't have a shared cockpit. But when they combined 6, 9 or 12, they had a big combined cockpit.
19. Goseiger (2009)/Megaforce (2013)
The Goseiger sat down in their cockpits, Gosei/Robo Knight didn't have one because of course he is a robo/zord.
20. Gokaiger (2011)/Super Megaforce (2014)
Silver of course had his own. The Gokaiger had a cockpit separate from the rest of the ship where they lived at. When they combine the robo of Silver, he does appear with them.
1. Battle Fever J (1979)The first series to have a robo---the first cockpit was technical and boxy and everyone sat down.
2. Denjiman (1980)Second sit-down joint cockpit. They had no door in the back.
3. Changeman (1985)
They shared a cockpit for their base but in the robo, they were split, Red in one, one boy and one girl in the other two. Change Phoenix had a capsule-like cockpit like the Bioman. In the shared cockpit, they had a backdoor.
4. Flashman (1986)They shared a cockpit. Where from 1981 to 1985, they all didn't have shared cockpits. This diamond-front shape was used again for Maskman, Hurricanger and Ohranger.
5. Maskman (1987)I like the look, with the windows on the side.
6. Liveman (1988)The first trio shared their cockpit in the first robo. I don't know about the second robo, let me know if you know.
7. Turboranger (1989)I don't like how generic it looks. They had a rahter big backdoor.
8. Fiveman (1990)I like the colors.
9. Jetman (1991)If this cockpit looks like a cockpit, there is a big reason. This is the first time I think they recycled a cockpit, because this cockpit was re-used for Zyuranger. They had a backdoor and their symbol on the back.
10. Zyuranger (1992) / MMPR Season 1 (1993)The same cockpit was re-used from Jetman and just customized. But this is what Power Ranger fans are used to seeing. They had a backdoor and their symbol on the back. Yes, Dragon Ranger was in the cockpit once but only for Zyuranger, this footage, for some reason, was not used in Power Rangers. Dragon Ranger/Green Ranger only used his own robo's cockpit once.
11. Ohranger (1995) / Zeo (1996)The first sit-down cockpit since 1992 and it was cramped. Depending on the helmet, the Rangers would switch seats. Once they got in their other robo or the pyramid, they had more space. They always sat down. The sixth hero had his own sit-down cockpit.
12. Carranger (1996) / Turbo (1997)The Carranger also sat down. For the Turbo: A Power Rangers movie, they had a different looking cockpit.
13. Megaranger (1997) / In Space (1998)The Megaranger had a fancy-smancy cockpit.
14. Go Go Five (1999) / Lightspeed Rescue (2000)The team had similar sitting-down cockpits, depending on their robo.
15. Hurricanger (2002) / Ninja Storm (2003)Even though they did not share cockpits until they merged all six, I wanted to show the cockpit. They really didn't have a backdoor. For those who do not know, that is Gozen, the source of the mecha in Hurricanger.
16. Magiranger (2005) - Magi Shine / Mystic Force (2006) - Solaris KnightMagi Shine had his own sit-down cockpit in Travelion.
17. Boukenger (2006) / Operation Overdrive (2007)They always sat down, the shared cockpit changed for DaiVoyager but it was the same method. The sixth hero sat as well.
18. Go-Onger (2008) / RPM (2009)They sat down in their own cockpits. For their own seperate robos, they didn't have a shared cockpit. But when they combined 6, 9 or 12, they had a big combined cockpit.
The Goseiger sat down in their cockpits, Gosei/Robo Knight didn't have one because of course he is a robo/zord.
20. Gokaiger (2011)/Super Megaforce (2014)
Silver of course had his own. The Gokaiger had a cockpit separate from the rest of the ship where they lived at. When they combine the robo of Silver, he does appear with them.
21. Toqger (2014)
The main 5 had a shared one for their main robo. When they combined with Orange, he would appear with them.
22. Lupinranger vs Patranger (2018)
They both had sitting down shared cockpit.
They both had sitting down shared cockpit.
Stand-up Cockpit
1. Dairanger (1993)This is the first stand-up cockpit, but it looks a like a sit-in cockpit. The blue glow-y thing in the back has been used a lot in Super Sentai, for example, Jetman (I think), GoGo Five, and Hurricanger. The Power Rangers stood up in the Thunder Megazord cockpit as well. The six hero had his own stand-up cockpit. The Dairanger joined the Kibaranger in his cockpit when they joined together their beasts.
2. Timeranger (2000) / Time Force (2001)You rarely saw them in their individual ships, but they had their own cockpits and they sat. But for the most part, when they were in the joint cockpit, they stood up. The sixth hero had no cockpit.
3. Gaoranger (2001) / Wild Force (2002)Everyone stood up in their cockpits, even when they had the Soul Bird. The sixth hero stood up as well.
4. Abaranger (2003) / Dino Thunder (2004)See a pattern? Most teams that stood up were in animal-robos. Rarely happened for White and Black to be in the cockpit but they all stood.
5. Gekiranger (2007) / Jungle Fury (2008)These were unique as they had no 'consoles' like the balls from Abaranger for example. And the poles would change color depending on who was controling. For example, Geki Violet's poles were purple and Geki Chopper's poles were white. Miki (a civilian) even controlled SaiDaiOh once.
6. Shinkenger (2009)The seventh team to stand up in their cockpits but fifth to share a cockpit standing up.
They stand in their own cockpit, depending on what dinosaurs are in the main robo but sometimes all five. Sometimes one Kyoryuger runs one giant robo like Silver in Bragigas, Violet in Plezon or Red in SpinDaiOh.
The Ninninger stood up while Akaninja sometimes sat down.
9. Ryusoulger (2019)
The Rtysoulgers stood up.
Stay in your dang cockpit (sit-down)
1. Sun Vulcan (1981)
They didn't have a joint cockpit, they stayed in their own cockpits.
2. Goggle Five (1982)
Blue and Black shared one mech and Yellow and Blue shared one. But these pictures are from the movie, where Pink and Black stayed in flying fortress. Let me know if they ever shared a cockpit.
3. Dynaman (1983)
They stayed in their own cockpits and sat. Yellow and Pink shared their mech and Black and Blue shared theirs. Let me know if they ever shared a cockpit.
4. Bioman (1984)
They sort of shared cockpits but it was Red and Pink in one and the others in another. Let me know if they ever shared a cockpit.
5. Go-Busters (2012)
They all stayed in their own cockpit. Well.. not all alone, they had their Buddyroids, save for Beet and Stag since Stag was a Buddyroid and had his own cockpit.
Stay in your dang cockpit (sit-down)
1. Sun Vulcan (1981)They didn't have a joint cockpit, they stayed in their own cockpits.
2. Goggle Five (1982)
Blue and Black shared one mech and Yellow and Blue shared one. But these pictures are from the movie, where Pink and Black stayed in flying fortress. Let me know if they ever shared a cockpit.
3. Dynaman (1983)They stayed in their own cockpits and sat. Yellow and Pink shared their mech and Black and Blue shared theirs. Let me know if they ever shared a cockpit.
They sort of shared cockpits but it was Red and Pink in one and the others in another. Let me know if they ever shared a cockpit.
They all stayed in their own cockpit. Well.. not all alone, they had their Buddyroids, save for Beet and Stag since Stag was a Buddyroid and had his own cockpit.
6. Kyuranger (2017)
Each Kyuranger stayed in their own orb.
7. Kiramager (2020)
They had their own cockpits where they sat down.
Stay in your dang cockpit (stand-up)
1. Kakuranger (1994)
After ten years, maybe a homage, the Kakuranger stayed in their own cockpits. And like the Dairanger, they got no chairs and had to stand-up. The Ninja and Shogun Megazord cockpits were completely different.
2. Gingaman (1998) / Lost Galaxy (1999)
They mostly stayed in their own cockpits, but once they went into the Red one's. The rotating thingy in the center was probably a homage to Kakuranger.
Stay in your dang cockpit (stand-up)
1. Kakuranger (1994)After ten years, maybe a homage, the Kakuranger stayed in their own cockpits. And like the Dairanger, they got no chairs and had to stand-up. The Ninja and Shogun Megazord cockpits were completely different.
2. Gingaman (1998) / Lost Galaxy (1999)
They mostly stayed in their own cockpits, but once they went into the Red one's. The rotating thingy in the center was probably a homage to Kakuranger.
3. Zenkaiger (2021)
Zenkaiser was in his own cockpit since his teammates were the mecha.
Zenkaiser was in his own cockpit since his teammates were the mecha.
Unique Cases
1. Dekaranger (2004) / SPD (2005)The Dekaranger mostly took their own cockpits didn't have a share one except for DekaBaseRobo. But as you can see, Deka Master is sitting while the others are standing, so a unique case.
2. Magiranger (2005) / Mystic Force (2006)They became their own robos but when they combined, they got their own chess-board cockpit, so its hard to say if they were 'standing' because they had no feet!
3. Zyuohger (2016)
They had their own boxes but in a shared space, they also sat down. When the Gokaiger joined them, they were a bit crowded, the Gokaiger stood up, hunched over inside each box with their corresponding Zyuohger.
Power Rangers-only Cockpits
1. Thunder Megazord (1994)
Similar to the Dairenoh cockpit, the Thunder Megazord cockpit was much more colorful and for the Thunderzords, we didn't get individual cockpits like in Dairanger. Probably becuase of budget.
2. Ninja Mega Falconzord (1995) -- Movie Edition
Pink Ranger is in the middle on the first level. The Rangers got to sit down in their individual ninjazord cockpits much like the Dinozords.
3. Ninja Mega Falconzord/Shogun Megazord (1995)
For some reason, Pink was bumped off and the Red ranger got the middle on the first level. And this time, the Rangers did get their own cockpits for the Ninjazords and Shogunzords. They looked like the Dinozords cockpits but they stood up in them.
4. Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie Megazord (1997)
More spacious and very different looking than the cockpit from the Carranger footage.
5. Titanium Ranger - Solarzord (2000)
In Go Go Five, there was no Titanium Ranger and the Linerboy robo has no pilot. So they made a cockpit for the Titanium Ranger to run the Solarzord. It looked a bit like the Lightspeed cockpits but some additions.
6. Power Rangers Samurai (2011-2012)
All Power Rangers Samurai cockpits, they go to Mega Mode, probably to not use the very-Japanese looking stage-like cockpits of Shinkenger. This still has them standing up but the cockpit looks more suped-up and futuristic. The zord heads change on the consoles depending on the zord they have. Gold appears next to them when their zords are combined.
They had their own boxes but in a shared space, they also sat down. When the Gokaiger joined them, they were a bit crowded, the Gokaiger stood up, hunched over inside each box with their corresponding Zyuohger.
Power Rangers-only Cockpits
1. Thunder Megazord (1994)Similar to the Dairenoh cockpit, the Thunder Megazord cockpit was much more colorful and for the Thunderzords, we didn't get individual cockpits like in Dairanger. Probably becuase of budget.
2. Ninja Mega Falconzord (1995) -- Movie EditionPink Ranger is in the middle on the first level. The Rangers got to sit down in their individual ninjazord cockpits much like the Dinozords.
3. Ninja Mega Falconzord/Shogun Megazord (1995)For some reason, Pink was bumped off and the Red ranger got the middle on the first level. And this time, the Rangers did get their own cockpits for the Ninjazords and Shogunzords. They looked like the Dinozords cockpits but they stood up in them.
4. Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie Megazord (1997)More spacious and very different looking than the cockpit from the Carranger footage.
5. Titanium Ranger - Solarzord (2000)In Go Go Five, there was no Titanium Ranger and the Linerboy robo has no pilot. So they made a cockpit for the Titanium Ranger to run the Solarzord. It looked a bit like the Lightspeed cockpits but some additions.
All Power Rangers Samurai cockpits, they go to Mega Mode, probably to not use the very-Japanese looking stage-like cockpits of Shinkenger. This still has them standing up but the cockpit looks more suped-up and futuristic. The zord heads change on the consoles depending on the zord they have. Gold appears next to them when their zords are combined.
7. Power Rangers Dino Charge (2015-2016)
All the Dino Charge cockpits were reshot with a special cockpit, most likely to remove the Japanese robo names. But also, in order to show off new armor to sell toys.
All the Dino Charge cockpits were reshot with a special cockpit, most likely to remove the Japanese robo names. But also, in order to show off new armor to sell toys.
8. Power Rangers Ninja Steel (2017-2018)
All the Ninja Steel cockpits were reshot with special cockpits, most likely to remove the Japanese-looking Ninninger cockpits and show off armor to sell toys.
All the Ninja Steel cockpits were reshot with special cockpits, most likely to remove the Japanese-looking Ninninger cockpits and show off armor to sell toys.
9. Power Rangers Dino Fury (2021-2022)
All the Dino Fury cockpits were reshot, for some unknown reason. They don't get special armor and the Ryusoulger cockpits were not too bad, they were similar to the Gingaman and Gekiranger cockpits which were used for Lost Galaxy and Jungle Fury, respectively. It was probably done to in order to hide the fact Green is female now.
