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Old 1st October 2020 | 15:14
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From: EGDC
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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