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Old 31st May 2010, 13:59
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214ST Ground Taxi

With care. Keep the rotor disc tip path plane level with the horizon and steer with pedals and its perfectly safe.

Aerodynamic braking (holding the nose wheel off with a medium collective power setting during a running landing) also works well with the nose wheel locked.

We sold one from Oman to Saudi Arabia in the 90s. An inexperienced crew rolled it on its side while taxiing into dispersal in its new home. The captain had plenty of hours on the 214B with skids but none on the ST with Wheels was distracted (filling the tech log?) and unable to move quickly enough to prevent his copilot applying too much lateral cyclic and collective together with wheels on the ground! Aircraft was totalled and ground taxying subsequently banned in the ops manual.

Great machine. Enjoy
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