Look Ma! No Steering!
We had a great Roar n’ Soar event in November with boats, model airplanes, cars, and airplanes participating. I was supposed to fly fly five airplanes during the day beginning with a talk about each one but it was a bit on the windy side. When I went to fly the Duck, I decided it was too windy and got caught not being about to turn it around on the runway and the above picture was the result.
Most of the side area on the Duck is behind the main wheels so it is not happy unless it’s headed into the wind. Kind of like a weather vane. Even though the brakes are good, when I added power, the tail came up and I found myself briefly kissing the hull on the ground!
Would you believe I was taking a bow?
Kermit