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Feature Article: Ground Procedures - Taxiing Renewal
By the time we solo we should be using power and brakes with
great restraint. Minimum power required to move at a good pace
and smooth additions for sharp turns. Brakes only for turning
and stopping. The yoke should always be hard over and all the
way forward or back. No partial movements while taxiing. Practice
yoke movements at all times regardless of wind so that you will
respond quickly and appropriately when real wind problems exist.
The control deflection of the ailerons and elevators were designed
to move as far as they do more for taxiing than for flying. According
to the new uniform signs of airports, airplanes must hold so that
no part of the airplane passes beyond the sign or a line.
There are several different nose-wheel and braking design combinations
that require slightly differing techniques. The Grumman Americans
have a free castering nose-wheel and use differential braking
for steering. The Piper nose-wheel is directly linked with the
rudder. In the air or on the ground, when you move the rudder
you move the nose-wheel. The rudder pedals have a rocking action
that allows the application of both positive turn movement using
direct linkage by moving the foot and differential braking by
using the toe.. Don't move the rudder during preflight.
The Cessna nose-wheel and rudder are spring linked to the rudder
pedals until the nose-wheel strut is fully extended. Once in the
air the Cessna nosewheel hangs free and aligns itself with the
relative wind. On landing there is no steering with the nose wheel
until the strut is depressed. A normal turn is first initiated
by fully depressing the foot. This places tension on the spring
linkage and pulls the nose-wheel into the turn rather slowly.
The turn radius can be made tighter by using the toe on the brakes.
It is important that turns of varying radius be practiced.
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