Dear Moggie -
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I am wrong... to quote your lines...
Yes, definitely wrong, and probably wrong like my former airline, PanAm was.
That is the way we were trained, and briefed, but "it was just PanAm", not superior UK training.
And instructors were briefed how to train pilots (I was instructing besides flying).
And that is what I do here in Argentina. So this airline is "wrong" too.
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The NWS on rudder pedals was "so effective" that it was disconnected in all PanAm 747s.
Even later, when acquiring 747s from other airlines, rudder pedals were disconnected from NWS.
Was the case of the 747-123s and 212s we got which originally had rudder pedal NWS.
In Argentina, all our 747s have rudder pedal NWS... Like everybody else.
And yes, I know about the 737s having that feature too. Like all Boeings, except 707s.
Read my thread. It is meant to help pilot (trainees) complete simulator training succesfully.
I gave some info on "nasty instructor games" that can be played upon them.
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I say again - nose wheel directional control and steering is worthless during takeoff roll.
Stupid "nose down" elevator inputs during T/O roll achieve only one thing. Increased drag.
PanAm, and here in Argentina, instructs/instructed to do T/O roll with "faired" elevator.
By the way, the only respected book from your part of the world is D.P Davies' "Flying the big jets".
Every PanAm pilot (and my Argentina Gauchos) had/have one on their bedside table.
I fly the line, and training manager, retiring in NOV... You dont issue my paychecks.
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I remember a 747 doing a swing 90º to the left, at start of T/O roll despite nose wheel. I was just behind.
Probably the nº 1 engine remained at idle. Wish it had been a BA aircraft.
Happy contrails