Ercoupes... ?

houstondan wrote

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

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
. 122...
| houstondan wrote
|
| 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

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.

The Ercoupe gear doesn't really caster either. It is a trailing
link gear. While it will swing some, it wants to return to the
center afterwards.

ron,( and others) of course, you're right. i regret the error.

dan
Ron Natalie wrote:
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.

The Ercoupe gear doesn't really caster either. It is a trailing
link gear. While it will swing some, it wants to return to the
center afterwards.

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
.122...
| houstondan wrote
|
| 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

"Big John" wrote in message ...
:
: 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

OK, the Courier...I remember folks talking about that ability...

Bob Moore wrote:
houstondan wrote


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?

The B-52. :-) Not exactly, but close.

Matt

("Bob Moore" wrote)
did you notice the castering mains?? idea stolen by big boeings and
shopping carts everywhere. also very cool.


Q. Is the Shift Key broken on your computer?
A. ??


Montblack

Montblack wrote:
("Bob Moore" wrote)
did you notice the castering mains?? idea stolen by big boeings and
shopping carts everywhere. also very cool.


Q. Is the Shift Key broken on your computer?
A. ??


Montblack

montblack,

dont you yuo mean/

..q. Is the shift key broken on your computer/
..a. //

860
monk

("Flyingmonk" wrote)
.q. Is the shift key broken on your computer/


small "L" small "S" ....clever. :-)

The way I see it, houstandan is grandfather'd in. Anyone else gets ...!!!!

Same with [xxx] and his #!^&%*. It's the second person doing it who drives
me nuts. Throw in DeLoon DeLoon and his "quoting" issues, too.

There's more...


Montblack