Simviation Forum - Taxi 747

Dec 31^st, 2005 at 7:37am

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I was wondering how it is that pilots keep there plane on the taxi guide lines so perfectly Tongue

. Do they use special equipment ?!

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Reply #1 - Dec 31^st, 2005 at 7:48am

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just practice and experience.
It's like driving a car in the end, really.
But I can tell you that the 747 is quite tough for new pilots to handle on the ground, since it's so long and the nosewheel is very far back. Often you must wait to turn the aircraft until the cockpit is litterarly over the grass Grin

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Reply #2 - Dec 31^st, 2005 at 12:31pm

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Like Nexus said, you kind of get a "feel" for it after you have a lot of experience.

I'd imagine they have to practice in a very, very large parking lot though Grin

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Reply #3 - Dec 31^st, 2005 at 12:41pm

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Fortunately reverse bay parking isn't really a requirement. Grin

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Reply #4 - Dec 31^st, 2005 at 12:43pm

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even worse parrallel parking Shocked

imagine that in an a340-600. Grin

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Reply #5 - Dec 31^st, 2005 at 1:10pm

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Does those things ever end?

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Reply #6 - Jan 1^st, 2006 at 2:03pm

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The Trident airliner made use of a system placed under the runway centerline to keep it heading strait down the runway after landing (following a perfect touchdown having using the autoland system, of course Wink

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Reply #7 - Jan 4^th, 2006 at 3:47pm

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C-17 Globmasters back up to cargo bays and actually can parallel park. If they wanted to. Wink

It's a bit easier to do in one of those since the whole back end opens up... who needs a rear view mirror anyway?

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Reply #8 - Jan 4^th, 2006 at 3:52pm

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The Trident airliner made use of a system placed under the runway centerline to keep it heading strait down the runway after landing (following a perfect touchdown having using the autoland system, of course Wink

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It was called the co-pilot, he had to get out and walk 10 feet infront of the aircraft along the line Grin

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