Moggiee, Barit1 has confirmed my thought, due to the basic engine airframe combination the nose wheel steering probably contributes more to LOW SPEED directional control in your former type than it does in a 747/767 type---at speeds near V1 but greater than Vmc [the older requirements allowed V1 to equal Vmc---now it may not be less than 1.10 Vmc or Vs1]--of course Vmc---is Vmc as you say, but it doesn't limit all types Vmc can't be below Vs1 otherwise it's not limiting is it?---don't know the case with as appli VC-10
---the reason therefore is that at the higher velocities the momentum along the flight path is WAY too HIGH to be practically influenced by the nose wheel vectors ---- that is AEO!!
----OEI it's all AERODYNAMIC and As BelArgUSA's CORRECTLY states [in paraphrase [como no
] NWS is useless for OEI directional control!!!
Please add a g or a where applicable to Vmc, but, Vmc is the only thing the FARs currently describe---that's the aerodyamics/laws of nature on that!!!
PA