britfrog 180 Posted October 6, 2014 Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 speaking as we were about DM's excellent fs9 models on another thread brought me remembering when i used to play around on the ex British airways Trident 4 simulator near Biggin Hill. now here is a question for you all When flying a Trident down an ILS or any approach really for that matter, with no wind or any external influence , why did one have to regualarly use the rudder to keep the a/c on the center line, ie why would it not fly straight? answers on a post card or letter with sae no i wonder if any of you know, the answer is quite logical if you knowor have flown the a/c Over to you! Link to post Share on other sites
Christopher Low 63 Posted October 6, 2014 Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 Nosewheel gear offset from the centreline? Link to post Share on other sites
britfrog 180 Posted October 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 sh-------t I thought that would last at least 3 minutes was it that obvious? you are banned from my next competition Link to post Share on other sites
Christopher Low 63 Posted October 6, 2014 Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 I wasn't expecting it to be the right answer! For the record, I hate that offset nosewheel on the Trident. I am very fussy when it comes to alignment (eg. runway markings and lighting), which is why those offset centreline lights at certain airports also annoy the hell out of me! Link to post Share on other sites
hifly 925 Posted October 6, 2014 Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 Nosewheel gear offset from the centreline? Chris, why the question mark? Twas obvious to us anoraks who even know that the Trident's main wheels were four in a line and the uc assembly rotated when raised and lowered. Nice try Nigel, got any more teasers? Link to post Share on other sites
Christopher Low 63 Posted October 6, 2014 Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 I am not really an aviation anorak, Geoff. I was just lucky Link to post Share on other sites
britfrog 180 Posted October 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 Nosewheel gear offset from the centreline? Chris, why the question mark? Twas obvious to us anoraks who even know that the Trident's main wheels were four in a line and the uc assembly rotated when raised and lowered. Nice try Nigel, got any more teasers? I will have a ponder! Link to post Share on other sites
dodgy-alan 1,587 Posted October 6, 2014 Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 The A-10 also has an offset nosewheel if I recall correctly. The trident was originally designed to have a central unit, however the sideways folding unit gave extra space in the hold hence it's adoption. It caused a few headaches in real life as well until the tug drivers got used to it. Link to post Share on other sites
flybytes 34 Posted October 6, 2014 Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 That story reminds me of an experience some years ago when I was using a theodolite & laser to survey the interior flight deck windows from each pilot's eye-point on a business jet (twin-engine) simulator to ensure that the computer visual system would look correct through the windows. No matter how many times I checked my figures, the port side of the flight-deck was never an exact mirror image of the starboard side. Convinced that my survey method was accurate, after a few queries discovered that the real aircraft fuselage was deliberately asymmetric to counter the rotation effect of having identical port & starboard engines with the same turbine rotation direction, presumably to save the spares costs of having counter rotating engines. It was so long ago that I cannot remember the aircraft type, but possibly could have been Gulfstream. Ray. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
britfrog 180 Posted October 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 How interesting! i had never come across that before. The trident that i used to fly had the graphics package and screens from an indian airlines 747/400 grafted onto the sim Link to post Share on other sites
flybytes 34 Posted October 6, 2014 Report Share Posted October 6, 2014 Nigel, About the anorak bit, no I never wore one in Houston, Texas during August, but go to New York State in January or February (I'm talking mid-state, not New York City close to the relative warmth of the Atlantic) & an anorak was my first choice of dress to prevent freezing to death! Ray. Link to post Share on other sites
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