"Steve Dold" wrote in message ...
On 17 Sep 2003, Snowbird wrote:

Since when does a C152 need to be steered with the brakes?

I keep reading this and wonder how many people here actually fly
these things. It's common at small airports to be faced with a turn that
can't be made with nosewheel steering alone, and you need to use
differential braking.

I've used differential braking to pull it into a tight space, but we're talking
making 90 degree turns on taxiways. My plane has LESS nosewheel
turn angle than the 152 and I rarely need to use the brakes (toe brakes are mod
on my plane anyhow, it was certificated without them...one major problem
that people cause is that if you lock up one wheel with the toe brakes, you
can actually drag the nose wheel around the turn).