On Fri, 20 Feb 2015 09:47:48 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

On 2/20/2015 9:20 AM, John H. wrote:
On Fri, 20 Feb 2015 07:20:06 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:


Looks like the live feed from the eagle cam is down but I noticed the
temperature this morning. 30 degrees would be a heat wave up here but
it must feel cold to you guys.

Currently the video from the cam must be pre-recorded because when I
checked it this morning at 5am the video showed bright sunshine.
Then I realized it was repeating the same thing when you refreshed it.

Hoping they are able to correct it and get back to the live feed. I've
become hooked on checking it two or three times a day. E6 isn't little
anymore and he/she is exercising the wings in preparation for first
flight in another month or two.


Here's more. This is the one my wife follows avidly - to the point of tears when one
of the young ones dies, which seems to happen every year.

Momma just laid an egg in the past day or so.

BTW, I asked in my last reply RC airplanes if your Cessna 172 didn't have a
steerable nose wheel. From what I read, that was the 'normal' way to steer while
taxiing.

But perhaps you just missed the whole response 'cause you were damn busy with the
roof. Hope you got the snow off OK./



The Cessna's I am familiar with have a nose gear that allows it to
follow a turn but was not directly "steerable". You controlled the
direction of taxiing by differential braking of the left or right
main wheels using the brakes on the rudder pedals.

Maybe newer versions of the C-172 have directly controlled nose gear
steering. I don't know. There have been many versions.

The one referred to had pedal controlled nose wheel steering, similar to the rudder
controlled steering on the RC plane. The 'top' of the pedal was used to control the
brakes. I got the idea that use of the 'brake' to turn would be done when the radius
needed to be pretty tight.

Fore example, the last one I flew was of a newer design that included
fuel injection rather than a carburetor. I didn't know that. One of
the pre-landing check items on the pre-fuel injection versions is to
turn "on" the carb heat during your downwind leg prior to landing. I
couldn't find the control obviously.

And it could well be that different instructors teach differently.
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