Tiller - Tillers On Other Vehicles

Tillers On Other Vehicles

The first automobiles were steered with a tiller, but a steering wheel was first used in Europe in 1894 and became standard on French Panhard cars in 1898. In the USA Packard introduced a steering wheel on the second car they built, in 1899. By early in the next century, the steering wheel had nearly entirely replaced the tiller in automobiles. However, some automobiles still used Tiller into the teens, such as Rauch & Lang Carriage Co. of Cleveland, Ohio. It manufactured electric automobiles.

Arthur Constantin Krebs replaced the tiller with an inclined steering wheel for the Panhard & Levassor car he designed for the Paris-Amsterdam race which ran from the 7–13 July 1898.

Today tractor-drawn semi-trailers for ladder trucks utilize a "tiller" (rear steering axle) driver to control the trailer where the aerial ladder is located.

Most large, transport category airplanes use a device known as a tiller to steer the airplane while taxiing. This usually takes the form of a small steering wheel or lever in the cockpit, often one for the pilot and one for the co-pilot. However, they differ from the tiller on a ship. Rather than move the rudder, the tiller on an airplane steers by turning the landing gear, and the tiller is moved in the direction of the turn, rather than opposite the turn as on a ship.

Recumbent bicycles often use tiller steering.

Mobility scooters use tiller steering.

Some Kayaks which have foot pedals use a tiller for steering.