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02-28-2016, 10:50 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Hillsboro, OR
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Originally Posted by KRviator
Anybody brave enough to post it on The Mothership's FB page?!?  Probably give Van a bloody heart attack! |
If I had to guess, I'd say Van probably peruses these forums.
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02-29-2016, 04:09 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Ottawa, Canada
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Originally Posted by jimgreen
Are there other twins without nose wheel steering? Seems you would be pretty vulnerable at low speeds with a power loss.
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I flew S-2 Trackers for 4 years. 1500 hp a side, with no nose wheel steering.
If you lose power while still on the runway, you pull both throttles back and stop. You probably won't be able to taxi on one engine, but so what. |
02-29-2016, 05:20 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Chesterfield, Missouri
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Cool looking airplane...
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02-29-2016, 09:26 AM
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Douglas 26
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Originally Posted by jimgreen
Are there other twins without nose wheel steering? Seems you would be pretty vulnerable at low speeds with a power loss.
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The Douglas 26 Bomber ( 2 of P&W R2800-2000 HP per side!) had a free castering nose wheel. When Air Spray used these for water bombers they found that tail wheel pilots had a much easier time / higher confidence on take off, landing and ground handling.
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02-29-2016, 09:51 AM
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fugio ergo sum
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Carlsbad, NM
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Among RVs, the tailwheel models have tailwheel steering but many large multi-engine tailwheel airplanes do not and it can be difficult to taxi on one engine. Kevin's story reminded me of watching a DC-3 land one day with an engine out. They were not able to taxi in either and had to leave the airplane on the runway.
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02-29-2016, 12:58 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Vancouver island, BC Canada
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It wasn't so much the lack of steering but the free castering part that I thought might be a problem.
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06-07-2016, 07:09 AM
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Join Date: May 2012
Location: Huntsville, TX
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Duo Deuce down
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06-07-2016, 08:12 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Shorewood, WI (Milwaukee area)
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Twin -8
What a terrible shame after that effort and innovation. The fact that she had no life-threatening injuries is wonderful news.
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Shorewood (Milwaukee) Wisconsin
RV-8 N9669D Flying 12/4/14!
Flying Pitts S-2A, Piper Lance
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06-07-2016, 08:15 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Victoria, BC, Canada
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Ouch, that's too bad. Looks like that long nose cone absorbed a fair share of the impact as it went over.
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06-07-2016, 08:51 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Rochester NY
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Are there other twins without nose wheel steering? Seems you would be pretty vulnerable at low speeds with a power loss.
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There are. Here's one - North American B-25
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