#FS-20 ground turn radius improvement

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whole sierra
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The FS-20 has quite a large turning circle when taxiing. The Annex class doenst have a very wide deck, making turning around to backtrack after a long rolling landing quite challenging.

Increasing the max nosewheel deflection would really help with this. some modern aircraft can nearly turn it 90°.

versed pendant
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Found an image of a F-35B turning fairly tight while taxiing.

pulsar wind
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I've watched the AI do carrier ops with these things. Half the time it just drives off the side of the carrier because it can't turn sharp enough to line up with the runway on takeoff.

whole sierra
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literally goes to 90° on the B. the plane pivots around the inside wheel at max deflection like here

sweet wyvern
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Funny I saw this post, this should apply to a lot of aircraft and especially naval aircraft, here's the ground taxi turn radius of the F-14 and F-8, of course they can turn 90 degrees when towed

versed pendant