The two cockpits is puzzling to me. What happens if one pilot goes left and the other goes right? Maybe somebody well-versed in aeronautics can explain the concept of dual-cockpits.
I think it’s just symmetry and cost saving. They built two identical fuselages. They were able to copy the plans, the jigs, the finite-element analysis, etc. There’s only one functional cockpit, one set of controls, one pilot.
https://youtu.be/qnkDuI5e-Og?t=159
One set of controls, two pilots, who are only in the right cockpit.
Plane straddles Rocket, slung on the underside of the center spar.
I imagine only one could be active at a time. Or maybe there are some functions that are assigned to one and some to the other. I can’t believe you’d ever have two pilots operating the same aircraft.