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.


Here's another instructor:

"Here are some things I tell my students-
1. Take it slow, don't taxi fast.
2. Keep both feet on the rudder pedals.
3. Try to make the smallest input required to get the response you want.
4. Lead the inputs, the plane does take a little bit of time to respond to inputs due
to the spring setup in the nosewheel steering linkage.
5. The airplane is a big weathervane, so when it windy, it will easily turn into the
wind, but will be hard to turn away for it, may even take a little brake pressure in
the desired direction of turn.
6. Taxiing with a crosswind means the rudder pedals won't be even (straight), you
will have to hold a bit of pressure opposite the direction the wind is coming from.
7. If full rudder input doesn't make the turn tight enough for you, ease in a little
brake pressure on the same side you are turning. You can pivot the plane around one
wheel, but makes it a big eraser and leaves a lot of rubber on the pavement, so take
it easy on super-tight turns."
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Guns don't cause problems. Gun owner
*behavior* causes problems.