Hi everybody, many thanks for all the comments and suggestions.
It looks as if my way forward is (obviously) to abandon crabbing & side slipping
My strip is a short grass runway with long grass on all sides – it requires a long low approach and it doesn’t lose altitude by chopping the throttle prior to crossing the threshold (it just keeps going). Others pilots have experienced the same problem and the best approach is to be about 2 feet high a long distance away (A nerve wracking approach). Great to fly between take-off & landing. I use 40% exponential on all control surfaces.
Most of you seem to believe that it is a mix of nose heavy CG & prop pitch. I will try moving back the CG – any suggestions on how much to reduce the prop pitch? – Keep the diameter to use as a braking effect?
Later on I’ll try raising the ailerons 5 degrees to see the effect.
Hopefully the weather will improve soon (LOL) and I can get back to you with the results
Meanwhile have great flying New Year