On Fri, 06 Mar 2015 09:35:03 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

On 3/6/2015 9:27 AM, John H. wrote:
On Fri, 06 Mar 2015 08:35:48 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

On 3/6/2015 8:11 AM, John H. wrote:
On Thu, 05 Mar 2015 19:13:49 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

On 3/5/2015 4:20 PM, John H. wrote:

...we were kids and would shoot the tip off a deer antler with our .22's? Damn, that
was fun. But, the most fun was when they took off running 'cause they were scared,
and then we shot off the rest of the tips.

I wonder how many hunters killed a deer and found tipless antlers on the damn thing!



How sporting. I assume you posted this just to get attention.

'Twas an 'in' joke. You'd not get it. But I'll bet you're impressed with circled
pencil holes on cardboard, yes?

BTW, here's an interesting ad. It might lead one to believe that even the Cessna 172,
not to mention the A-P (or later) versions, had steerable nose geer.

http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalo...ingrods172.php

I think your instructor was pulling your leg. Interesting, huh?



I think you must have missed my previous comment about this. They have
a spring loaded nose gear that allows the wheel to turn while making
turns. They are not ... (or at least weren't when I was taking lessons
in the older models) directly "steerable" by the pilot.


You must have missed this:

"You said that you steered by using the brakes. Although it can be done that way, I
think you might be getting something confused. As wrecksum said, the C-172 has
nosewheel steering which is operated by depressing the rudder pedals. You also have
independant/differential braking which is applied by pressing on the top of each
rudder pedal. It's poor form to go around taxiing with your feet on the top of the
pedal. It's all too easy to end up dragging one or both of the brakes. I also tell my
students to keep their heels on the floor and only raise them off of the floor when
they need to apply the brakes. Like others have said, it will all come together with
just a little practice. Enjoy your training."

Notice there's no mention of 'newer' models. Also, the steering rod parts are
virtually identical for old and new models. I'm thinking your instructor must have
had you pushing on only the top portion of the rudder pedals.

Actually, the steering of the Cessna 172 and the steering of my RC airplane are very
similar. Rudder input activates the rudder and the nosewheel.


At slow taxiing speeds the Cessna 150, 152's and 172's that I flew were
"steered" by differential application of brakes. Only used rudders when
speed was up for take off and obviously while in the air.

You're forgetting the nose wheel. *Both* the rudder and the nose wheel were activated
by the rudder pedal.

I've never flown your particular RC airplane, so I don't have a clue how
you steer it, nor do I care much.

Well guess what - even the Cessna 150 had a nose wheel steered with the rudder
pedals.
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