Jim

The U-10 I flew had the castering wheels. All U-10's the Airforce had
had castering wheels. You could land with them locked or in castering
mode.

After years of kicking out the crab just before touch down it was a
strange feeling to go ahead and touch down in the crab and roll
straight down the runway with bird cocked into the cross wind.

Was not easy to taxi in castering mode so as soon as you got off
runway you relocked them so you could taxi back to parking area
comfortably.

Most landings were in fixed mode and castering primarily used when
checking a new pilot out in bird.

Fly safe and have a nice day.

Big John
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On Mon, 21 Aug 2006 12:42:53 -0500, "Jim Macklin"
wrote:

B52 gear is set for the crab angle for take-off and landing,
the gear is locked in position and doesn't free caster. It
is also used for steering.

Crosswind landing gear from Goodyear was installed on the
Helio Courier as an option, the main gear wheels could be
lock straight ahead or unlocked and free caster.



"Bob Moore" wrote in message
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| houstondan wrote
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| did you notice the castering mains?? idea stolen by big
boeings and
| shopping carts everywhere. also very cool.
|
| Which Boeings have castering main landing gear?
| Is the Shift Key broken on your computer?
|
| Bob Moore