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Hello

Just wondering if anybody know whats wrong with the nose gear on my F-14

Only happens when I start from Cold and Dark.

Nose Wheel rights it self after a few feet taxiing.

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Your ground crew need a bit of retraining, either that or they've left it like that to stop a roll away if you're not using chocks. it's a castoring nose wheel so it will self straighten after a few rotations, but I wouldn't try to move forward in the real aircraft with the nose wheel at such an angle as it could pull the tyre off.

 

I used to fly the Lynx Mk9 which had a castoring non powered front wheel for ground taxiing, after touchdown we always rolled it forward a yard to straighten it up and sit the tyres properly on their rims.

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It is a known issue, one of the "to-do" items left on the list. Our apologies we did not get to it yet. Small forward movement will align it.

 

Ah ok, thanks for the quick reply.

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