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Old 1st Oct 2020, 15:14
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The tail rotor pushes sideways so you have to tilt the main rotor in the opposite direction to maintain ground position.

Depending which side of the pond you are on it is either called tail rotor drift and tail rotor roll or translating tendency.
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