the idea of having a crewed ship has crossed my mind and is a possibility but its not my main option as far as a fire control system goes there is one in the works but until its ready its been deemed clasified
Build the option in, so if a few spectators want to "give it a shot", you can easily give them a crew position on the most powerful warship ever built. There's a Montana being built in the WWCC with room for up to 3 separate receivers, so you could have one person each for driving, firing front guns, and firing back guns. What scale are you doing this in? If it's 1:144 then I wish you luck.
Carl, the scale this ship is in is 1/96, the scale of the new club some of my friends and I are starting. If you want to see some photos of the hull so far, check out the photo gallery, and I'm sure you'll see that I'll have room to spare.