Evektor Harmony.

[ChristianWelch3]

Hello. I'm currently training in a Evektor Harmony. Has anyone flown this plane? It's a very nice plane but I'm having trouble keeping it on the centerline. Not sure if this is common for LSA due to their lightweight. I'm trying to give it little right rudder keep on centerline but I find my self going side to side. Any tips?

[SportPilot]

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[rcpilot]

Yeah sometimes I have the issue with my Zenith 601. There seems to be a fine line between enough right rudder and too much.

[drseti]

The Harmony has exactly the same nose wheel steering response and mechanism as my new SportStar Max. Most common mistake I see with my students is if, when they apply too much right rudder pressure on the takeoff run, they try to correct back to the centerline with left rudder. Thus, they over correct and start a divergent oscillation. Instead, try merely relaxing some of the right rudder pressure, and letting torque and p-factor get you straightened out.

[MrMorden]

In all the LSA I have flown, appropriate rudder on the ground is more just differential pressure rather than actually pushing the pedal. Sounds like you might be using too much muscle on it.

Try easing into the rudder instead of trying to give it all you think you'll need at once; if you try to give it the "right amount" of rudder at once, it's likely you'll overshoot and have to take some out or add opposite rudder to compensate.

[Wm.Ince]

When it comes to . . . how much control input to feed in . . . short answer is . . whatever it takes.
That withstanding . . take care not to overdo it.

[drseti]

Or in more technical terms: as much force as the situation demands, and not a milliNewton more.