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Old 06-03-2003 | 12:04 AM
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Default Roo Skidding, Help

Never use full power on anything over 18 lbs of thrust at take off. You must hold full up elevator during take off otherwise the high mounted turbine location will lift off the main wheels before the nose wheel and cause a ground loop. A gyro on a nose wheel will not help this condition.

Make sure you have about 2 degrees toe in on the main gear and some caster on the nose wheel.

Make sure that one of your brakes is not dragging more than the other when they warm up.

I take off with full up elevator and 3/4 power and never had this problem again.