Dan wrote:
Drew Dalgleish wrote:
On Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:13:28 -0500, Dan wrote:

I'm looking for a simple design for nose wheel steering for
retractable gear. Any ideas?

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

Have you considered just having a castering nosewheel? That's what I
have on my floats and it works pretty well steering with the brakes.

Yes, differential braking is probably the simplest method. I'm not
discarding it, just poking around at options.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

Thisis an interesting pic.

http://www.infinityaerospace.com/Oriion_TS_gear.jpg
Not a lot of detail there, but the steerable strut seems to poke thru the top
and would meet with a steering link (tiller/thingie) there.