Steering on the taxiway

MX,

Flying _is_ risky--the numbers prove it.

That is definitely a landmine waiting to be stepped on.....
I'm going to have to agree with Judah- many things are risky.

I haven't the money or time to fly. The medical requirements are
(unnecessarily) strict. Given all this, the obstacles to flying are
simply too high to make it a consideration. Perhaps if they didn't
exist, I might be more willing to try it out.

They aren't obstacles- IT IS A LOT OF WORK to be a safe pilot.
I'm curious which parts you find to be unnecessary? Flying has inherent
risks, but I wouldn't say it is risky. Very few serious accidents are a
result of airplane mechanical problems, meaning that training and
decision making skills are as crucial as a working airplane. It's more
often the pilot than flying that can be called risky, I think most
pilots are competent safe people. True, there are dumb ones too....
Let me ask you this- would you let a friend who was a pilot take you up
in a small airplane?

Judah writes:

Yet you seem to expect the rest of the group to accept every answer you
give unconditionally ...

I don't specify any expectations. Their interpretations are their
own.

No one would fault you for asking for more details or for support regarding
an answer that you received. But many of your responses seem to be
inflammatory, belittling the people who tried to genuinely help you.

I am probably one of the few in this group who does _not_ personally
attack other people.

If you really only wanted correct answers, you would read the appropriate
documentation.

You're saying that nobody here would have the correct answers?

Some of your questions evidence the likelihood that you may
have read the documentation, and are specifically looking to bait pilots so
you can prove that pilots are humans who make mistakes.

So if I read up, I'm bad. And if I don't read up, I'm bad.

I'm not sure what the rules are in France, but in the US, you can fly
certain types of aircraft with little or no licensing or medical
requirements...

I want to fly the type I choose, not necessarily the types available
to me.

And I'm worried only about the U.S. I don't care much about flying in
France.

However, disregarding your current income and medical situation (which
perhaps could change someday), you have made comments implying or
indicating that you have no interest in flying anything other than a sim.

Currently, I have lots of fun flying a sim, and I wonder whether the
time, expense, and trouble of flying for real would be offset by any
additional enjoyment I might get from real flight.

Stupid people can increase their intelligence through learning.

Intelligence and acquired knowledge are two different things. Stupid
people can acquire knowledge (in time), but they cannot become more
intelligent.

So then why do you keep doing it?

I don't. If I were manipulating people, they certainly wouldn't be
aware of it (that would defeat the purpose).

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Mxsmanic wrote:
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).

You use the brakes to stop. Using brakes to stear in most aircraft is a
bad habit, something we CFIs are always watching for when flying with
students.

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?

Its also hard to ride a bike w/o falling down. Once you get it you're
fine. Most nosewheel planes aren't very difficult but your issues may
be fundamental. This is usually stuff we are able to get worked out by
the second lesson with a student (unless its a tailwheel). I would also
bet that you're taxiing with too much power, most students do that too.

-Robert, CFII

Robert,

Using brakes to stear in most aircraft is a
bad habit,


That "most" is changing rapidly, at least with regard to new aircraft.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)