REFLECTOR: Re: Toe Brakes

[richard at riley.net]

At 01:37 PM 6/23/04, you wrote:
>How about a steerable nosewheel?
>I drew up plans for a hydraulically steered wheel that would interface to 
>two two-stage master brake cylinders.  It would allow full castoring when 
>the brakes are not applied.  It would move the positon of the wheel 
>relative to the displacement of the rudder pedals.

The Venture (aka, the Flying Egg) had a system like that.  From what I've 
heard it's caused nothing but trouble and has largely been abandoned.