You fly the airplane until it is tied down. The nose will
weathervane into the wind unless you use the rudder to keep
it pointed straight [or the direction you want] and you will
be blown sideways by the wind unless you use aileron and
brakes to steer the airplane.

After touchdown, it is normal and proper to use full aileron
during the roll out on the runway and if you look in your
aircraft manual or a pilot training manual, you'll see a
taxi control diagram.



--
James H. Macklin
ATP,CFI,A&P

"Dan" wrote in message
ups.com...
| All,
|
| Occasionally, I find myself in the following situation
when landing. I
| am trying to figure out what I am doing wrong.
|
| I fly over the numbers at the proper airspeed, and on the
(VASI)
| glideslope. I flare by putting the cowling to the horizon
and holding
| off unitl touchdown. After touchdown, I find the plane
drifting to the
| left, while the nose is pointing to the right. Applying
further right
| rudder seems to result in a squirrley/sliding feeling (not
sure if I am
| acutally sliding though, just afraid to push it any
further). Applying
| brakes at anything more than very slight pressure results
in skidding.
| At this point, I find myself rolling down the runway,
unable to slow
| down fast enough and trying to control the drift.
|
| This could happen in little to no wind conditions. What
am I doing
| wrong? I'm not a beginner, but occasionally this happens
and I can't
| seem to figure it out.
|
| Do I need to....
|
| A. Crank in aggressive alieron to the right.
| B. Apply lots of back-pressure to get more weight on the
mains to allow
| breaking.
| C. Something else....?
|
| Dan
|