Originally Posted by Intruder
"Influence"? Wider track and longer wheelbase generally mean larger turn radius.
Am with you so far.
Originally Posted by Intruder
Is that not intuitively obvious?
"Intuitively obvious", eh? That's rather a dangerous phrase.
Originally Posted by Intruder
The absolute limiting factor in the turning radius of the wheelset is the track: With a locked wheel, radius ~= track width (e.g., tailwheel airplane with castering tailwheel and little resistance to turn).
Not in the taildraggers I fly, it isn't.
A locked wheel, fully-castoring tailwheel turn in a 'dragger would have me watching my tailwheel, not my other main; so my limiting factor would be wheelbase, not track.