T-45A UJPT, E2-C2, ADV, & IUT Eng-26
Engineering Review
(4) NOSE WHL STR advisory light
indicates high gain selected
(5) Rudder pedals: provide electrome-
chanical directional input to NWS
to control direction of aircraft
c.
Operation
(1) NWS on all the time in low gain
(2) NWS high gain selected with NWS
button
(3) Emergency off by pressing paddle
switch
(4) NWS disabled when launch bar
extended, +/- 20 degrees NWS
available if NWS button pressed
and held
NOTE: High gain nosewheel
steering should be used for low
speed taxi operations only at less
than 10 knots ground speed.
(5) During landing , nose wheel steer-
ing is automatically reengaged in
the low gain mode with weight on
one main landing gear and a
momentary weight on the nose
landing gear.
WARNING: Inoperative nose
wheel steering may be caused
by a steering system failure or a
weight-on-wheels switch fail-
ure. A system failure airborne
should be indicated by a NWS
caution light. On deck it may
only be indicated by a lack of
NWS control without a corre-
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