@spetsnaz26 wrote:
i have a tricycle airplane that is too difficult to control on ground. Directional control is divergent outside maybe one or two degree of rudder stick throw and the amount of directional input must change simultaneously with throttle advance. What didn’t help was that I had to take off from a narrow and uneven beat-up country road to avoid people/property. I kept running off into the ditch or pirouetting in 360 deg. I know this is an easy routine for most builders, but I’ve crashed and repaired my plane too many times to continue this practice.
I’ve read about takeoff mode and tried hand launch with some success with my previous airplane but my new one is too heavy and bulky to launch reliably. Is it true that the autopilot can hold heading much better than me in manual mode on ground, if I set up a CTOL auto takeoff? The documentation also mentions takeoff in FBWA, but rudder is under manual control, so I guess it won’t help at all? Help is appreciated.
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