Taxing

[beaky]

Don't know about heavies, and there's no legal speed limit as such, but the rule-of-thumb I was given as a student pilot in light singles was: walking pace (which is about 3mph). Sounds silly, but you'd be amazed how clueless people and animals can be when they're wandering around an airport (not to mention other taxiing pilots!). Obviously big airplanes at  huge airports (with tight schedules) need to (and can) move more quickly... I would check the manual for your airplane, because brake (and sometimes tire ) temps  are critical. I would guess there are also strict limits on speeds for various radii of turns (nosegear limits). Another good rule of thumb for taxiing any bird is to think power, not brakes, for controlling your speed. And a little jerking with short, full brake applications is better than ridin' 'em till they burn up... in short,  taxiing is the hardest skill to master in aviation!

[beefhole]

rotty, you were taught horribly...  >:(  They told me a BRISK walk!  ;D

Seriously, my instructor warned me taxiing skills do not come until after 8 hours(logged flight time, not 8 hours of taxiing!), and he was right on the dot.  I remember on my fourth lesson the airfield was having a fly-in of vintage planes so they had people on the taxiways directing traffic.  I almost killed them!  :-[

[Rocket_Bird]

3 mph is like... marshalling speed.  A lot of people I see on the ramp seem to go much faster than that.  I saw a pair of Beech King Air's one day across the taxiway, and I swear, they were going almost past 30-35 knots.  Having a neat little tail gate party as well  ;D

[gcac]

I was taught to go at a fast jog to a light run.

-GCAC

[Moach]

However, I heard somewhere that on a short-field takeoff it is not uncommon to do the equalisation with parking brakes on, in order to get the maximum length of the runway when t/o thrust is applied.  Also, this may be bs.  ::)  Anyone?

that is not bs... i myself have experience that in real life...

on short runways, planes like the 737 do apply the brakes as they rev up for takeoff... im not sure at which point they release the brakes. but they do that

c ya

Moach

[Moach]

However, I heard somewhere that on a short-field takeoff it is not uncommon to do the equalisation with parking brakes on, in order to get the maximum length of the runway when t/o thrust is applied.  Also, this may be bs.  ::)  Anyone?

that is not bs... i myself have experience that in real life...

on short runways, planes like the 737 do apply the brakes as they rev up for takeoff... im not sure at which point they release the brakes. but they do that

c ya

Moach

[Moach]

However, I heard somewhere that on a short-field takeoff it is not uncommon to do the equalisation with parking brakes on, in order to get the maximum length of the runway when t/o thrust is applied.  Also, this may be bs.  ::)  Anyone?

that is not bs... i myself have experience that in real life...

on short runways, planes like the 737 do apply the brakes as they rev up for takeoff... im not sure at which point they release the brakes. but they do that

c ya

Moach

[Moach]

However, I heard somewhere that on a short-field takeoff it is not uncommon to do the equalisation with parking brakes on, in order to get the maximum length of the runway when t/o thrust is applied.  Also, this may be bs.  ::)  Anyone?

that is not bs... i myself have experience that in real life...

on short runways, planes like the 737 do apply the brakes as they rev up for takeoff... im not sure at which point they release the brakes. but they do that

c ya

Moach

[Moach]

However, I heard somewhere that on a short-field takeoff it is not uncommon to do the equalisation with parking brakes on, in order to get the maximum length of the runway when t/o thrust is applied.  Also, this may be bs.  ::)  Anyone?

that is not bs... i myself have experience that in real life...

on short runways, planes like the 737 do apply the brakes as they rev up for takeoff... im not sure at which point they release the brakes. but they do that

c ya

Moach

[Moach]

However, I heard somewhere that on a short-field takeoff it is not uncommon to do the equalisation with parking brakes on, in order to get the maximum length of the runway when t/o thrust is applied.  Also, this may be bs.  ::)  Anyone?

that is not bs... i myself have experience that in real life...

on short runways, planes like the 737 do apply the brakes as they rev up for takeoff... im not sure at which point they release the brakes. but they do that

c ya

Moach

[Moach]

However, I heard somewhere that on a short-field takeoff it is not uncommon to do the equalisation with parking brakes on, in order to get the maximum length of the runway when t/o thrust is applied.  Also, this may be bs.  ::)  Anyone?

that is not bs... i myself have experience that in real life...

on short runways, planes like the 737 do apply the brakes as they rev up for takeoff... im not sure at which point they release the brakes. but they do that

c ya

Moach

[beefhole]

Am I the only one reading septuple?  :o Thanks for the enthusiastic reply moach!

[commoner]

that is not bs... i myself have experience that in real life...

on short runways, planes like the 737 do apply the brakes as they rev up for takeoff... im not sure at which point they release the brakes. but they do that

c ya



Moach

Hey Moach...You got the shakes.You got the shakes.You got the shakes.You got the shakes.You got the shakes.You got the shakes.You got the shakes....