Some people do automate the pilot to turn his head with the rudder...[8D] Not hard and it looks cool.[8D]

The only limit to what functions you can do is your imagination. There have been guys with rotating turrets where the guns ould also elevato...and had LED's in the barrels to flash, and noisemakers to simulate the sound of the guns.... functioning brakes (well those are commo9n on turbine powered models...)