On Sat, 5 Aug 2006 18:24:42 +1200, Dave Doe wrote:

In article . com,
says...
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....?

What you need to do is practice some crosswind landings.

Apart from gusty conditions, which needs more attention, I fly the
aircraft crabbed until about 100 to 200ft above the runway. Then I
gently straighten the aircraft with rudder and align it with the
runway at the same time stopping drift with opposite aileron. The
aircraft is now set up to land on one wheel and most times little
correction is required after that. However, as you near & touch the
runway and the aircraft slows down, you will need more aileron to
correct any drift.

This is the opposite you would do for take-off where you put in full
aileron into wind as you start the take-off roll then as you increase
speed slowly reduce aileron input.