Originally Posted by
Floppy Link
Not many light aircraft about with separate tillers PRD1...and not many snapped nosewheel legs from “every” crosswind landing.
How many of them have steerable (rather than castoring) nosewheels
Lfoppy Kiln?
If you land with a bootfull of rudder to kick the drift what's going to happen as soon as you lower the nosewheel? On "bigger" aircraft the nodewheel steering is disconnected from the rudder pedals in flight, and the nosewheel is either locked fore/aft or castoring. In either condition it must be physically disconnected from the rudder pedals. That's a complex kind of linkage to implement in a non-powered mechanical link - especially for a safety-critical item.
PDR