Nosewheel Steering Disconnection on Retraction

[Hank]

13 hours ago, 1980Mooney said:

Like everything else in aviation, it is a trade-off.  It works but with highly restricted and unequal turning angle (11 deg. left and 13 deg. right) which results in a large turning radius and its fragility during towing operations.  Per POH long body turning radius (without brakes) is 40 ft to the right and 48 ft to the left.(outer main gear radius).  By comparison a Bonanza (outer main gear - no brakes) can turn in under 16 ft. either way.

 

8 hours ago, Fly Boomer said:

Wow!  Huge difference -- never taxied a Bonanza.

I noticed quite early in my ownership that my Mooney turns tighter to the right than the left; then again, my home base didn't have a taxiway, so every takeoff and landing included back-taxi and turn around on a 75' wide runway. Turning around to the left required some braking to stay out of the grass, but to the right did not. 

I do have some time taxiing an A36, and didn't notice it being any different. It was turbonormalized, so everything about flying it was different, including the whole slow down to drop the gear then speed up thing, but crosswind landings and taxiing seemed quite similar to my C.