In article
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john smith wrote:

In article ,
Ron Garret wrote:

We had
to replace the tires every few weeks because people kept putting bald
spots on them (I think there might also have been problems with the
brakes as well, but there was considerably controversy over this).

Free castering nosewheel?
The only way to turn is using the brakes.
That is why they had brake fires on several aircraft.

There are two airplanes under discussion here. There's a 1978 C182RG
and a 2005 Cirrus SR22. The Cirrus has a free castering nosewheel, but
the C182RG is the one everyone (including me) had a hard time landing,
the one whose tires kept getting bald spots, and the one whose prop get
bent. The SR22 (in my experience) is very easy to land by comparison,
except for one episode where the bottom dropped out on me unexpectedly.

rg