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Aircraft Steering
How does the pilot steer the aircraft on the ground? The ailerons would have no effect, and the rudder isn't sufficient at really low speeds.
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RE: Aircraft Steering
Both the pilot and the copilot have a small "wheel" device which is often referred to as the tiller. Usually, on todays modern airliners it looks like a larger version of the handle you use to roll down the window on your car. It is generally to the left of the pilots knees and to the right of the copilot's. It works just like a steering wheel in the traditional sense, but when taking off and landing, when the aircraft is above a certain speed, the rudder is used for alignment on the runway. I'll try to find a picture.
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RE: Aircraft Steering
The older style, look to the left of the captian's control column
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Photo © Tero Paassola
The newer style, look beside the first officers seat
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Photo © Ryan Gaddis
Photo © Tero Paassola
The newer style, look beside the first officers seat
Photo © Ryan Gaddis
RE: Aircraft Steering
>Both the pilot and the copilot have a small "wheel"
>device which is often referred to as the tiller.
B-777 is only aircraft in AA's fleet with a copilot tiller. All others have only captain's tiller.
>device which is often referred to as the tiller.
B-777 is only aircraft in AA's fleet with a copilot tiller. All others have only captain's tiller.
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RE: Aircraft Steering
Yeah, I later realized that it was a 777 with the copilot tiller. I guess that I assumed it was another boeing. Thanx for clearing that up.
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RE: Aircraft Steering
Apart from the Captain's steering wheel on DC-9's,MD-80's and MD-90's,these planes also have a limited (17 deg's either side) ability to steer the nosewheel via the rudder pedals which eliminates control handover in strong x-winds,something we had to do in F-27's and F-28's.
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RE: Aircraft Steering
In most jets the rudder pedals also turn the nose wheel to a certain degree so you dont have to make a control handover from the tiller to the yoke on takeoff roll. The tiller is used for wider steering movments like taxiing.
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