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Old 09-19-2004 | 01:07 PM
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Default Taildragger takeoff with strong cross wind

I moved from an Avistar to a Supersportster 40/OS 46fx a short while ago. I love the Supersportster and am having a blast with it. It has taught me much about glide slope on landing because of its speed. I found moving to taildragger as pretty much a non-issue except in a strong cross wind takeoff. Yesterday there was a 15mph direct crosswind at our field. I was taking off from a paved runway and had trouble just after liftoff with the tail swinging around. I worked on throttle control and keeping the tail down until I built up some speed and watching the rudder to keep it straight. That worked pretty well. Is there anything more I should be doing? I have been using ailerons to deal with the crosswind after takeoff. Should I be doing that or just rely on rudder? Is this just a "practice more" issue. Thanks.