I have always found it strange that wheeled helicopters do not have shimmy dampeners which are so common on their fixed wing brethren. Anyone know why?
Also in the event of a tailrotor problem leading to a high speed run on landing with the nose wheel locked ..if the aircraft departs from the "Straight and Narrow" in spite of energetic differential braking and fervent prayer would not the locked nosewheel impart a rolling moment to the outside of the turn, perhaps leading to a roll over? A question asked but not answered during training. (EC-225)
Just an aside I have heard of nosewheels being retracted on the S-76 while at 90 degrees leading to the nosewheel jamming in the up position.
Last edited by albatross; 29th Aug 2017 at 15:22.