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Dylan Smith wrote: I'm intrigued...what was it and what made it so difficult to taxi? B-24. It has a castoring nosewheel that wants to turn with the slightest provacation, expander-tube brakes (slow to react), and a CG very close to the main gear...get rough on the brakes and you could bounce the nose off the ground. The expander tube brakes work off of an open hydraulic system...there is a slight delay when you press the brake pedal until you get some braking action..just enough delay that until you get used to them you think "I need more brake" and mash the pedal a little farther. About then you find out you now have way to much brake, the nose dives and she lurches to whichever side you've applied brake to..repeat until your eyes water. G The airplane can make you look like a spastic idiot in a very short time...but once you get the hang of it there is a great deal of satisfaction in being able to smoothly taxi and park her. We used to joke that if you had the skills to get it to the runway you could probably fly it. G By contrast the B-17 was very easy to taxi...she was however a wee bit more challenging to land in a crosswind than the B-24. -- Dale L. Falk There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing around with airplanes. http://home.gci.net/~sncdfalk/flying.html |
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