From: "Lynn Coffelt"
Date: 8/6/2004 11:49 PM Central Daylight Time
Message-id: bbZQc.241065$JR4.91621@attbi_s54


"Blinky the Shark" wrote in message
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B2431 wrote:

The quadracycle gear is designed to be able to crab like that, it
reduces the
affect of crosswind. If memory serves the pilot manually dials in the
ammount
of crab.

Have there been (or are there) any other aircraft with this capability?

I believe the C-5A has (or had) cross wind landing gear. With long wings,
slipping one in without hooking a wing tip would be hair raising. I think
there is a video clip somewhere on the "web" of a 747 slipping into Hong
Kong at the expense of the cowling on #4 engine. Don't 747's have some sort
of crosswind caster built into the main landing gear that can be locked out
for normal taxiing?

Old Chief Lynn

That's the clip to which I referred. If they didn't have caster I'd hate to see
the tires after landing.

Dan, U. S. Air Force, retired