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Old 28th Jan 2012, 14:25
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Fitter 2:

Pardon a non ATPL interjecting, but I would naively have thought that after the nosewheel is on the ground, my attention would switch to throttles/brakes/spoilers/nosewheel steering - none of which are operated by hands on the yoke?
Throttles/brakes/spoilers are controlled with the other hand. The yoke needs strong forward pressure in some airplanes to assure the nose stays down at higher speeds and places enough load on the nose wheel so limited rudder pedal steering steering of the nose wheel is effective. In a strong crosswind the ailerons have to be used to counter a strong crosswind until the aircraft has slowed down.

In a small airplane ailerons are used even to taxi in strong wind conditions.
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