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I'm back to flying Remos GX again, and there are bad news: I'm not comfortable with its ground handling anymore. For some reason, it always feels to me that airplane is about to tilt to the left, so every time I land, I dial right aileron. This causes the airplane to drift left of centerline on touchdown, because aileron deflected downwards creates drag. When I return to the center, the right turn makes me afraid even more.

Of course it's purely psychological. CTLS, for example, has an even more narrow track, and we don't see those scrapping wingtips, do we?

My reason, I think, has something to do with flying a single seater, where the pilot obviously is on the centerline.

I can make myself to do the right thing, in the same way an instrument rated pilot can overcome vertigo, but it's just not pleasant. I also have concerns as to how it's going to play out in crosswinds, where I must do the right thing without thinking about it.

Posted by: Pete Zaitcev at 08:34 PM | Comments (4) | Add Comment
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