ORIGINAL: harley6133
My Zirolli P40 has terrible ground handling. On take off I steers hard left, not a drift, a turn left.
Gear is straight, both wheels roll free, engine thrust is good Flys like it is on rails , once you get it in the air, landing are straight
Engine is a 3w75 turning 6700, Mej 3 blade 22x10. Any suggestion would be helpful.
Have you tryied putting a little of nose down stick control just when it starts to swing and has some ground speed going.. this will lift the tail wheel and then give you the rudder control that you need to stop the pull/drift to the left , plus as already advised slowly apply the throttle on the take off run...
hope this helps
Greg