Re: Asymmetrical thrust

John R. Copeland wrote:
> "Bill Watson" <Mauledriver@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>> John R. Copeland wrote:
>>
>>> The most fun was my time in Cessna 180s and 195s with crosswind gear.
>>> We could land them in astounding crab angles and still roll along
centerline.
>>>
>> One of my earliest air****t watching memories was of a large taildragger

>> (Beaver perhaps or a 195) taxiing out from AGC's ramp with what looked 
>> like broken landing gear.  I remember him disappearing into the fog and

>> listening to him take off.
>>
>> Many years later I realized I had seen some of that weird looking 
>> crosswind gear  rolling a large 'dragger around the ramp, and then 
>> witnessed something close to a zero vis, zero ceiling takeoff.  Whew!
>>
>> The only mitigating factor was that the wind was probably zero too.
>>
>> Big Fun.
> 
> Crosswind gear can be "kicked out" while taxiing,
> by using a short burst of power against a fully deflected rudder.
> The big round engines of 195s and Beavers block taxiing visibility,
> so the crosswind gear gave a huge benefit to those airplanes.
> Without crosswind gear they usually are taxied in a series of S-turns.
> 
Wow! I actually get that.  You can roll straight with the a/c yawed over 
for visibility.  That's exactly what I think I saw that day.  What was 
weird was the tilt in the wheels - they look like they are about to fall 
off.

I do tailwheel but I don't think I'll get a chance to do xwind gear.