Extreme Flight Simulation - Chicago

A tiller is the little hand wheel or lever in an airliner cockpit that directly steers the nosewheel for taxi, pushback turns, and tight corners on the ground. On most transport jets the rudder pedals only give a small amount of nosewheel steering—on the order of a few degrees—so they’re great for keeping straight on the takeoff roll or making gentle corrections, but nowhere near enough to swing a 737 or A320 around a ramp or into a gate. The tiller, by contrast, can command much larger nosewheel angles (dozens of degrees either side), which is why airline SOPs have you use it for low‑speed taxi and sharper turns, then transition to rudder pedals as you accelerate. In short: the rudder moves the tail for fine yaw control, the tiller yanks the nosewheel for big, precise ground steering—two different tools for two different jobs.

Want to try using the tiller to steer in a Boeing 737?
Practice using the tiller and a whole lot more in our state of the art Boeing 737 NG simulator. Start up, taxi, take off, land, and shutdown — just like a real pilot!
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📍 Extreme Flight Simulation — Chicago
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Princess Juliana Airport is a customer favorite here at EFS! The runway is located immediately adjacent to Maho Beach, causing landing overhead aircraft to fly incredibly low (about 65 to 100ft) over the heads of tourists.

If you’ve ever wanted to experience the thrill of being a pilot (without leaving the ground) now you can with our Boeing 737 simulator.

Here at EFS, you get to start up, taxi, takeoff, land, and shut down — just like a real pilot!

Comment “LAND” to learn more about how it works and how you can book a session!

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