Originally Posted by
frankice
Hi guys
regarding the limitation on taxi speed, the manual says ... when taxi weight is higher than 76 000 kg do not exceed a taxi speed of 20kt during a turn, the limitation is only applicable for the A320CEO and not for the NEO, I wonder why, why is there a limitation on taxi speed at all, it there a tyre issue, nose wheel skidding?
Its is funny the forth right opinion on here, wrong as most of it is. Its got nothing to do with the nose gear. The issue affects all 'heavy' jets, the higher the weight the higher the tyre stress and resultant temperatures. Ideally, in high ambient temps, high gross weight, particularly on less than 1 hour turns; you should taxi at 15kts maximum and 10kts for turns. Save your tyres as you never know when they might let you down