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Old November 25th 06, 06:01 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.student
Ron Natalie
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Default Steering on the taxiway

Don Tuite wrote:
On Sat, 25 Nov 2006 08:32:42 -0500, Ron Natalie
wrote:

Mxsmanic wrote:
Is it better to use just the rudder or differential braking to turn on
taxiways?

Actually with the exception of a few oddities like the Grumman
singles, you steer aircraft with the the nose/tail wheel. The
rudder is a secondary directional control during taxi and not
much effective at low speeds.


Perhaps he meant conventional gear. {;-)

Many taildraggers have a steerable tailwheel which helps a lot
with gentle turns at lower speeds.