FN,
Well done on getting away unscathed.
I used to have a dislike of touch-n-goes because of similar "steering" experiences, and be fighting the aeroplane on the ground.
However, one of my instructors suggested that I shouldn't think of it as a landing roll and take off roll, more a very brief touch with the mainwheels (but not a bounce
).
He reminded me that you touch down with a lot of back pressure, so the nose wheel should hardly be on the ground, and applying full power with 2 or 3 stages of flap, you are pretty much at Vr anyway, so aim to lift off ASAP, not struggle to keep the aircraft on the ground. Keeping the back pressure on seemed to be the trick.
Worked for me - though I'm not claiming that my t&gs are a joy to behold either
For what it's worth, I was taught to apply full power (check carb heat cold) THEN lose drag flap in the warrior.
Like ChiSau, I scared myself once by dumping ALL the flap by mistake instead of just the drag flap! Just reduced the climb to best rate rather than best angle
.
Cheers
SD