I'm 3 flights into a tailwheel conversion in a Piper Cub at Sibson and have a quick question about the landing roll.
It makes sense to me that during take-off, a number of things conspire against you tracking straight down the runway, most of these wanting to yaw you to the left. However, all of these factors come from the engine, and are apparent on take off due to the high power setting.
During landing, I have been experiencing a similar pull to the left as the aircraft slows to taxi speed. At first I put this down to a crosswind from the left, but flying yesterday in still air and occasional cross wind from the right yielded the same pull to the left. As the speed is low at this point, I am keeping the aircraft straight with a bit of right brake.
Does anyone know of any reason why the aircraft would want to go left on the landing roll? I can't think of one and figure it must be something that I'm doing to provoke it!
Cheers,
Owen Mc
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