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Old 2nd Jul 2018, 11:52
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At 1:41 in the video, the rudders can be seen moving well to the left, and remaining in that position as the aircraft changed heading. It is common for taildragger pilots to apply swift and large rudder deflections to maintain the desired heading on the runway, with the obvious intent to not allow the aircraft to drift off the centerline. An uncorrected heading change past a certain angle could reach a point at which a groundloop is likely.
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