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By: 11th June 2014 at 23:09 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-All free castoring
By: 11th June 2014 at 23:43 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-All had Marstrand self centering tyres, the ones with two ridges around the circumference to assist in managing shimmy in castoring.
By: 12th June 2014 at 06:14 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-The very early ones didn't.
By: 12th June 2014 at 15:17 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-The very early ones didn't what? Didn't have locking tailwheels? Didn't have Marstrand tires???
By: 12th June 2014 at 16:01 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-The very early ones didn't have Marstrand tyres. I dealt with the other in my previous post.
When operating RR299, BAe did look at locking tailwheel provision following a ground loop in about 1987, but nothing came of it.
Bruce
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By: Stepwilk - 11th June 2014 at 22:22
Did any variants of the Mosquito have locking tailwheels, or were they all free-swiveling?