Steering on the taxiway

use your brakes, use a little extra power and then "drag" the brakes to keep
them warmed up, hot brakes work better

some aircraft do not have nose wheel steering, but a free castering nose
wheel, those get tricky on crosswind take offs until the rudder becomes
effective

WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW, BECAUSE YOU WON'T GO TAKE A LESSON
is that the "rudder control devices" are connected to the nose steering in
most aircraft, just keep your heals on the floor to keep your toes off the
brakes.


"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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Is it better to use just the rudder or differential braking to turn on
taxiways? I understand that steering mechanisms vary considerably
from one aircraft to another, but I'm still curious. In this case,
I'm wondering about a Baron 58, the aircraft I fly in my sim (most of
the time).

I note when taxiing that the aircraft seems to oversteer, especially
as speed increases. That is, I'll move the rudder to straighten out
on the centerline of the taxiway, but the aircraft still continues to
drift slightly in the turn and overshoots the centerline. Is this the
way the real aircraft works? If so, what causes it? I should think
that if the rudder pedals turn the nose wheel directly, it would be
hard to overshoot unless the nose wheel actually skids or something
(?). This isn't happening at high speed, it's like 16 knots or so (or
does that count as high taxiway speed?).

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BT writes:

some aircraft do not have nose wheel steering, but a free castering nose
wheel, those get tricky on crosswind take offs until the rudder becomes
effective

I take it that you steer with brakes alone on these aircraft while
taxiing?

WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW, BECAUSE YOU WON'T GO TAKE A LESSON
is that the "rudder control devices" are connected to the nose steering in
most aircraft, just keep your heals on the floor to keep your toes off the
brakes.

Actually, I'm aware of the connection between rudder and nose wheel in
some aircraft, but I also understand that there are a number of
different ways to provide steering for taxi, and so the rudder/wheel
connection is not universal. It does appear to work that way on the
Baron.

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"Mxsmanic" wrote

It does appear to work that way on the Baron.

It is only a program./ Someone wrote it wrong. Do whatever you have to do to
make it work.

Even better, fix the program.

Or go ask the simulator folks how it is supposed to work.
--
Jim in NC

Bt,

use your brakes, use a little extra power and then "drag" the brakes to keep
them warmed up, hot brakes work better


You're kidding, right? That'S a good way to start a nice fire.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

"drag" the brakes to keep
them warmed up, hot brakes work better

In no vehicle do hot brakes work better.

In article ,
Thomas Borchert wrote:

Bt,

use your brakes, use a little extra power and then "drag" the brakes to
keep
them warmed up, hot brakes work better


You're kidding, right? That'S a good way to start a nice fire.

Yep, Cirrus pilots know about that.

John,

Yep, Cirrus pilots know about that.


PA-28 pilots, too. At least the one who burned his PA-28 to the ground
on one of the very long taxiways in Berlin Tempelhof two or so years
ago.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

use your brakes, use a little extra power and then "drag" the brakes to
keep
them warmed up, hot brakes work better


You're kidding, right? That'S a good way to start a nice fire.

Finally! A use for smell-o-vision!

it's MX... of course anything we tell him is "tongue in cheek"

"Thomas Borchert" wrote in message
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Bt,

use your brakes, use a little extra power and then "drag" the brakes to
keep
them warmed up, hot brakes work better


You're kidding, right? That'S a good way to start a nice fire.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

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.