Definitions

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  • noun A wheel, or retractable landing gear, located near the nose of an aircraft

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  • noun a wheel located under the nose of an airplane that is part of the plane's landing gear

Etymologies

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nose +‎ wheel

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Examples

  • The video was shot through a fence at some distance, but magnified still images appeared to show the aircraft with its nosewheel clearly off the ground and its parachutes deployed.

    China Newspaper Refers to New Jet Jeremy Page 2011

  • As I recall someone had used a screwdriver instead of the proper pin to lock the nosewheel.

    New Evidence in Jailed Vet Case 2007

  • And I trust that the nosewheel pays more attention to its e-mail than I do to mine.

    The Mother Load P. J. O'Rourke 2005

  • And I trust that the nosewheel pays more attention to its e-mail than I do to mine.

    The Mother Load P. J. O'Rourke 2005

  • And I trust that the nosewheel pays more attention to its e-mail than I do to mine.

    The Mother Load P. J. O'Rourke 2005

  • He plops the nosewheel on the ground only to find himself rocking wildly left and right and working the control stick as he fights to stop overcontrolling the nosewheel steering while racing over a washboard.

    Orbit John J. Nance 2006

  • Unlike the first private suborbital craft,Intrepid actually has a steerable nosewheel, and he reminds himself that the rudder pedals control it.

    Orbit John J. Nance 2006

  • A C-130J's landing distance with max normal payload is also around 3,000ft, but it can be shaved down in exceptional circumstances (usually wartime) to about 1600ft if using "max effort" -- reverse thrust, spoilers, maximum braking and delaying nosewheel touchdown (keeping more of the airframe in the airflow for longer periods of time helps brake the aircraft faster).

    Archive 2006-08-01 2006

  • He plops the nosewheel on the ground only to find himself rocking wildly left and right and working the control stick as he fights to stop overcontrolling the nosewheel steering while racing over a washboard.

    Orbit John J. Nance 2006

  • Unlike the first private suborbital craft,Intrepid actually has a steerable nosewheel, and he reminds himself that the rudder pedals control it.

    Orbit John J. Nance 2006

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