Steerable landing gear
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Steerable landing gear
I am building a midstar 40. It's the first plane I've ever built. The instruction manual says to make the nose wheel steerable. Is that really necessay? Do most planes have steerable landing gear. Is it a good thing to have or not.
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RE: Steerable landing gear
I do not have an instructor. I used to build control line planes 30 years ago. I like building models. I purchased a plane, and all the radio stuff.
My plan is to meet the guys in the club. (I know one of them from years back), and let them fly it. I'd be satisfied just to watch. Maybe one of my kids will want to take up the hobby. I'm having fun just reading up and investigating the hobby.
My plan is to meet the guys in the club. (I know one of them from years back), and let them fly it. I'd be satisfied just to watch. Maybe one of my kids will want to take up the hobby. I'm having fun just reading up and investigating the hobby.
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RE: Steerable landing gear
Do most planes have steerable landing gear?
Is it a good thing to have or not.
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RE: Steerable landing gear
Just make sure you don't have to much steering on the nose wheel. About 5 to 10 Degrees is all you want. More than that, it gets really hard to steer.
On the tail wheels, not all planes can stear with rudder only on the ground. Life is so much easier if there is a stearable tail wheel. A plane like my 4*60 will turn into a cross wind once it has landed if the tail wheel is not planted firmly on the ground. I have become so accustomed to touching down, then pulling full up elevator to get traction on the tail wheel that when I dug out my old trainer a couple months ago, I ran off the runway the first three times I landed. You can't steer a tri gear plane with full up elevator. Old habits I guess.
Don
On the tail wheels, not all planes can stear with rudder only on the ground. Life is so much easier if there is a stearable tail wheel. A plane like my 4*60 will turn into a cross wind once it has landed if the tail wheel is not planted firmly on the ground. I have become so accustomed to touching down, then pulling full up elevator to get traction on the tail wheel that when I dug out my old trainer a couple months ago, I ran off the runway the first three times I landed. You can't steer a tri gear plane with full up elevator. Old habits I guess.
Don