[QUOTEQuote:Activating the nose-wheel steering inhibits braking on the central bogie, becoming completely ineffective past 20° of steering.
Another little "gotcha". Presumably a good reason for this in normal ops...but when the proverbial hits the fan surely you want all stopping capabilities..... usually if you are swerving to avoid something that would be an indication you need a large stopping force....
A lot of these Airbus features which generally are pretty good seem to have major ramifications at rather inconvenient times.][/QUOTE]
above from post #414.
Have you considered that there would be an enormous side-thrust generated on the leg?....Perhaps the design enginers decided there was a better chance of control without the tyres rolled off the rims /sidethrust exceeding structural strength of wheels/sidewalls being ripped through by tarmac.
It's unrealistic to expect a/c landing-gear to be designed to take stresses beyond the max sustainable by the airframe......in this case, the limiting-factor is the friction between tyre and runway...unless you propose "grooves" for the bogies to slot in and treat grounded a/c as trams!
wonder if the company will give the crew a christmas bonus this year
