Chef Duane
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No.In the Coast Guard?
No.In the Coast Guard?
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Yes.Private
See how civil we can be when we want to.Yes.
No.... those are cloud transition joints!Next you'll be telling me that turbulence isn't caused by the bad road surface![]()
I dunno...everyone is born stupid...but curiously, education and experience can fix stupid for some...You can’t fix stupid.
Far too often it seemed to me to be the other way around. Stupidity can be taughtI dunno...everyone is born stupid...but curiously, education and experience can fix stupid for some...
No. I mean Yes, but No... What was the question??See how civil we can be when we want to.![]()
Ground movement of an airplane under its own power is called 'taxiing.' Unless it's not under its own power like when you get a 'pushback' from the gate (backing up) or 'under tow' from a tug (being pulled forward by a ground tug).Don't you steer a plane on the ground, but fly it in the air?
While taxiing most aircraft steer on the ground via the rudder pedals (not with a steering wheel, except maybe the Ercoupe) which on most are also connected to the nosewheel or tailwheel for steering, though some are not connected so they must use differential braking, which is effective because you have individual braking on left and right main gear (on most aircraft). Many large aircraft (jet airliners and such) steer the nose wheel via a "tiller" in the cockpit until they get a fair amount of speed on takeoff.Don't you steer a plane on the ground, but fly it in the air?
The US population IQ has been declining for decades, common sense isn't very common, and finding/hiring someone with actual critical thinking skills is nearly impossible. It has always been easier to control stupid people than intelligent people who might challenge the status quo and who see through the brainwashing/propaganda. Stupid TV programming, social media and book banning further advances this population dumbing down agenda.Far too often it seemed to me to be the other way around. Stupidity can be taught
Education can help people know what they should know but doesnt guarantee they will use it
Similar to doing a nosewheel, using rudder pedals and brakes, but much touchier. The big difference is a little like driving a car backwards at speed, in that the CG in a taildragger is behind the main gear, instead of in front of the gear so that getting a tad sideways tends to want to swing further sideways where on a nosewheel getting a tad sideways wants to self-correct. Since most (not all) taildraggers have the steering tailwheel that is spring-loaded in addition to a breakaway into full swivel past a certain angle, it takes considerable attention and very small corrections early to keep the movements smooth and not let them get away from you (often into a ground loop which might damage a wingtip).Makes you wonder how you ground steer with a tail dragger.
Most (not all) taildraggers need to zigzag when taxiing, though not the Super Cub in my avatar. The original J-3 Cub was solo from rear seat only (weight and balance) and most people did need to zigzag, but the front seat of the Super Cub (and Champs, for that matter) had good enough visibility to avoid that need. The Cessna 170/180/185 didn't need to zigzag either. It just depended on the visibility forward.the tail wheel planes like the P51's had to zig-zag down the taxiway because sitting midships their view in front was blocked by the fuselage and engine.
Some biplanes (and some early monoplanes) had tailskids (the skid was also their brake in many instances), but later ones (typically from late '20s on) had tailwheels and brakes.the skid type like on a biplane is what I'm thinking of