Nose wheel slide

[Anthony Supplebottom]

Just wondering whether you have to undergo special training to be able to slide a nose wheel as per the video below? Is it in anyway similar to rally driving?

[Intruder]

No special training. Any idiot can do it by cranking over the tiller at too high a speed, disregarding SOPs and common sense at the same time.

[grounded27]

It is generally referred to as "scrubbing", the longer and lighter an aircraft the easier it is to do. Also raked gear on MD/DC's lift one tire off the ground in a tight turn giving less traction. As stated above there are regulatory taxi and turn speeds established by the CAA, MFGR and operator but everyone exceeds them. That was a excessive case of scrubbing a nose tire, the driver was completely out of control.