really simple answer...first officer doesn't have a tiller, and yet he takes off. two people dont have control of the plane at once...hence the positive exchange of flight controls. so no, you do not need the tiller for t/o, and 80 knot calls have nothing to do with it.

nose wheel steering
 

The A300/A310 rudder pedal steering is limited to 6 degrees
The tiller can control nose wheel steering to 65 degrees either side and is not normally used on takeoff. When disconnected (a maintenance/ground crew function) the nosewheel may be deflected 95 degrees under tow.

I only use the tiller in cruise flight at speeds of .76 or greater.

After reading all the other posts in here, I thought this was some kind of a contest to see how stupid of a comment you could make about the tiller.

It is the internet, boundless opinions and little useful info!:cool:

Personally I only use the tiller when I'm in the 727 sim, because that's the only time I've touched one(and that's been 4+yrs ago). Ah to fly planes that don't have one, such simplicity!

Sometimes They Do !
 

Well, sometimes the First Officer does have a tiller. On the B-747-400 and some Triple 7's, there is a tiller for both seats. It doesn't change the policy of "no hands on the tiller during take-off", but it's there. ;)

G'Day Mates

not sure if this was ever defined in this topic, if it was I'm sorry.
What's a tiller?

nosewheel steering for taxi purposes... http://www.737ng.co.uk/tiller11_170608.jpg

and on the airbus... the "U" shaped device just to the right of the sidestick flight control here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:F...21_cockpit.jpg

aha, thank you ! :)

Good answer! I teach the SAME items on the Douglas MD-11, and it isn't "technique."