Issues back taxiing at TNCM in the 747-400

I often fly TFFR-TNCM in the 747-400 and have to turn around at the end of the runway as the 74 take a lot of runway to stop. The issue is, my turnin radius between 5-20 knots isn’t tight enough to turn around. Am I doing something wrong? In the tutorial I noticed that used a 747-8 not -400 is there a turnin radius difference? Makes it hard to fly to TNCM

Usually I put my speed as slow as possible in order to turn perfectly. 5-8kts would be good with some power during the tight turn

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Did that and hugely overran 😳

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Doing a tight turn on a large aircraft on the ground takes a bit of practice. Start the turn with about 5-10kts and engines in idle. As the the turn increases and your speed decreases then put the thrust up to 20% for a short time, once speed has started to increase the engines to idle again. You might need to do it again to complete the turn.

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Shouldn’t this be in the support category?

no, sometimes I hit the breaks and then increase the throttle while holding the rudders to the direction I want to go and this gives me a tight turning radius.

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I suggest applying brakes while turning, and increasing throttle power. For some reason, it works for me:)

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This is not a support issue. A support issue would be a technical issue with the device or app that is causing an error, not user error. Thanks!

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It is all about mastering the arts of throttles and brakes then combining the two.

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