Taking off in I-153 Chaika

[AndyJWest]

I suspect this is a case where the quicker you can get airflow over the rudder, the less time it has to start a swing. I might even try holding brakes on while opening the throttle full, though I'm not yet suggesting it as a sensible technique.

As dduff442 says, ithe I-250 is another aircraft with problems with swing - and the lack of prop clearance complicates things too. Personally, I find it best to take off (and land) using piston power only - this is probably how it was done in real life.

[jezprior]

I think I have found the problem. I wasn't getting full lock from my twist joystick - maybe only 25%. After some encouragement I can now take off right as rain with no trouble whatsoever.

[Lonely Ringer]

other than your joy stick, step on the brakes and wind up the engine to full then release and use rudder to control direction, some earlier AC did not have tail wheel lock and needed the "prop wash " to make the rudder effective ( like in float planes) and is usefull here also. The torque on the older radials is no where near what the more modern ones were and with the needed invention of the tail wheel lock to make the ground steer possible the inline engines were easier to handle but still in need of the " prop wash" to give the rudder extra bite... like on some RC trike planes the rudder is connected to the nose wheel to help steer at higher rpm's , remember that the stick becomes more sensitive at these higher rpms so easy on the input .... happy trials !!