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Back in '02 Don Goetz was checking out the Legacy
we'd just finished and showed us a neat trick to overcome the inevitable left
turn tendancy at power application. He went slightly to the left of the
centerline and pointed the plane about 30 degrees to the right. With rapid
power application (Don tends to do everything full power) and a lot or right
rudder the plane swung to the left and by the time the rudder became effective
the plane was on centerline and tracking straight. Pretty cool. Slow
power application is another approach if the runway is long enough but on
shorter runways getting power in early can shorten takeoff distance.
Something to consider.
Leighton Mangels
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