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Just push the throttle forward, keeping the nose wheel on the centerline with rudder-pedal steering.
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Before landing, the flight crew were not aware the nose wheel steering system was not working, as the hydraulic fluid level was low.
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The pilots then use their usual controls to steer with the nose wheel (which in turn steers the TaxiBot) and to brake with the main landing gear.
ECONOMIST: A cheaper, cleaner way for the long taxi to the runway
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The German Aerospace Centre has tested this idea in an aircraft using a fuel cell to power two electric motors built into the hub of an aircraft nose wheel.
ECONOMIST: A cheaper, cleaner way for the long taxi to the runway
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Get this: By virtue of four computer-controlled, electrically actuated flight control surfaces elevators at the trailing edge of the car and ailerons in the nose, between the front wheel wells the Huayra aero-stabilizes.
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Look at it from the side to see the angles at their most extreme: the sharp, downward-sloping nose and a low bonnet show off muscular wheel arches and gaping side vents.
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