On Sat, 04 Apr 2015 14:11:13 -0400, John H.
wrote:

On Sat, 04 Apr 2015 13:47:28 -0400, Wayne.B wrote:

On Sat, 04 Apr 2015 11:25:23 -0400, John H.
wrote:

Small GA aircraft and military fighters use rudder pedals for the entirety of their
steering, the vast majority having nosewheel steering as well as differential brakes
available for taxi.

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Just because the front wheel is capable of turning does not imply
"nose wheel steering". True nose wheel steering requires the ability
to change the angle of the nose wheel by the pilot. Luddite did a
pretty good job of explaining all that.

I posted a link to a forum manned by many pilots answering questions. If you read the
two paragraphs I quoted, you will see the term 'nose wheel steering' in both. Have
you ever watched a commercial jet approach the gate? Their nose wheels are turning.
Who do you think is changing the angle of the nose wheel?

He "Small GA aircraft and military fighters use rudder pedals for the entirety of
their steering, the ***vast majority having nosewheel steering*** as well as
differential brakes available for taxi.

Larger transport category aircraft will use their ***nosewheel steering*** through
the tiller, it could be a nice wheel or lever on the Captain's side, even down to a
rudimentary little bar like on the Shorts 360.

The ***PILOT*** uses either rudder pedals or the tiller to perform ***nose wheel
steering***.

Luddite did a good job of explaining the steering on a baby Cessna. He used that as
part of a rationale to show how 'dissimilar' real aircraft were from RC aircraft.
Well, if *all* aircraft were baby Cessnas, his implication would be true. But they're
not.

Real B-36's used nose wheel steering - controlled by the pilot.



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Of course but a B-36 is *is not* a small GA aircraft.