Hi all - interesting thing happened yesterday, this is with a new-ish student and we are working mostly on pre-solo maneuvers etc. Yesterday we put it all together and started on pattern work.
Wind was more or less right down the runway, with a bit of variation and fairly light - 6-7 kts.
When we'd land, it exhibited a strong tendency to drift to the right side of the runway, at times more than the plane's width.
This student does carry a LOT of tension/deathgrip and I assumed that was part of it, but I did take one landing just to check it out and although the touchdown itself was fine, it still went off to the right. That didn't happen the day before when we used it, nor did the previous renter report anything similar.
I think it is probably nothing, but has anyone run into this before? Maybe I am just picking up on his tension and over-controlling. He does outweigh me by probably 115 lbs if that makes a difference.. but again, hadn't happened before.
I'll have the plane checked for low tire or dragging brake, but I really don't think its the plane. Thoughts?
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