nosewheel steering?

In my old 707 airframe, nose wheel steering is lost when we have a utility hydraulic system failure. Crank the gear down and be ready with the tractor!
 
In the Dash we can actually go with the NWS MEL'd. Mainly because the nose wheel is like a shopping cart wheel - rolls in trail of the strut. Having the NWS MEL'd is a bit of a PITA taxiing around and we're limited to 20 kits of crosswind (instead of 36 kts) for takeoff/landing. I actually had to do 4R circle to 29 in EWR one day because of that MEL. Best told over a beer :)

When the NWS works, you get 7 degrees with the rudder, 60 with the tiller and 120 in free castor mode.
 
Autothrust Blue said:
I had a steering disconnect on my first landing in NYC-Kennedy in the EMB 145. It swerved a bit but brisk application of rudder can control the airplane at high speed. (It reset once we got stopped.)

We have pedal steering to 6 7 degrees either way on the Brasilia, plus tiller to 50 degrees, meaning that the nosewheel is power-steerable through...wait for it...60 57 degrees. It is electrically commanded (potentiometers on the tiller and on the rudder pedals) and hydraulically powered (through the green hydraulic system). We also have disconnect switches on either yoke - press and hold the trigger, and the nosewheel is free-castering - useful for if the power system has a little freak out and makes you head for the weeds, or if you need to make a REALLY tight turn.

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All irrelevant. You fly props. The brakes and steering should be on your NEF list.
 
surreal1221 said:
Gasp!

What aircraft was this? Seems pretty quick for extended tiller use.

Dangerous using rudder at 75kts...:)
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The Falcon 20 and 50 were both like that. Steering could only be accomplished through the tiller until 80kts, then there was enough airflow to steer with the rudder.

Its not as bad as it sounds, at least in the 50, it was pretty docile. The 20 didn't have any kind of centering mechanism, and it was a real handful until you got used to it.
 
cmill said:
The Falcon 20 and 50 were both like that. Steering could only be accomplished through the tiller until 80kts, then there was enough airflow to steer with the rudder.

Its not as bad as it sounds, at least in the 50, it was pretty docile. The 20 didn't have any kind of centering mechanism, and it was a real handful until you got used to it.
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Yup, same with the Hawker. The airplane actually feels better on the tiller after the airspeed is alive than it does at taxi speeds.
 
Bandit_Driver said:
The planes are all different but steering fails are usually caused by an electrical switch failing IMO. Either the plane fails to shift from Air to Ground modes or on the planes that have a manual switch in the cockpit that switch fails.
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at every lovely luau, oscar leave so f'ing tip...god dammit.
 
Got 99 problems but a nose wheel ain't one....





Dammit, I remember when I could actually say that, and it would have been true.... Gotta work on that.
 
z987k said:
The BE99, for all intents and purposes, has a castering nose wheel.
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Yeah, I got all excited when I discovered the PA31s have a lock out on the nose wheel. You can whip that thing around on a dime. The Partenavia turns about as good as it looks. Then all the fuel sloshes through wings and it starts to waddle.
 
cmill said:
The Falcon 20 and 50 were both like that. Steering could only be accomplished through the tiller until 80kts, then there was enough airflow to steer with the rudder.

Its not as bad as it sounds, at least in the 50, it was pretty docile. The 20 didn't have any kind of centering mechanism, and it was a real handful until you got used to it.
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Gotcha, learn something new today.
 
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