Nose Wheel Steering vs Rudder
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I have the EFB option to decouple the nose wheel steering from the rudder axis unchecked as I have rudder pedals and a separate nose wheel tiller. All work fine but I am finding that on crosswinds above say 10knts there isn't enough steering authority from the rudders alone at lower speeds to keep the plane on the runway. Does the real 146 rudder have a certain amount of nose wheel steering input up to a certain ground speed (like say an A320) or are they completely separate? Either way, should rudder inputs alone be enough to keep the aircraft pointing down the centreline or am I doing something wrong with the way I have it set up? Many thanks.
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@sdando1 It can be slow to gain authority but seems to work for me tbh. The time I really could not control it, I released the brakes before I'd let the thrust stabilise fully on the TMS and my suspicion is that I had offset thrust which the rudder had no chance of fighting.
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There is no nose wheel steering authority with the rudder pedals on the 146. There is no fancy interconnect between the two like on other aircraft.
In hefty crosswind takeoff it isn’t unusual to have to keep a hand on the tiller till around 60 kts. Need a third hand!!!
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@plhought When I used the term authority I meant from the rudder rather than any linkage with nws. I do normally find it begins to take effect after about 10-15 kts and I've only had one "excursion" in all the flights I've done so far. That behaviour seems to match the Fenix 320 almost exactly too :-)
The Fenix is a mightily impressive aircraft and I am enjoying it, but the 146 delivers (me) more engagement and overall enjoyment I have to say - awesome job by all involved.
