Quandumphone
Senior Heliman
Location: Yuma, AZ
My Posts This: Topic Forum | Torque and P-Factor would make it go left, not right. Also, look at the smoke after the crash. The crosswind is very apparent. One last note, the pilot was probably using soft-field technique, which would partly explain the high nose at rotation. What's supposed to happen after that is the aircraft remaining low over the runway in ground effect while it gains more speed. So, once the wheels were off the ground, the nose should have been lowered to stay a few feet above the runway. All bets were off once he veered to the right.
That said, with all the crap they put in the back, the plane was probably tail heavy and overloaded. |
As soon as the aircraft lifts above the ground effect (1/2 to 1 wingspan) it looses the lift boost created by the higher pressure air squeezed between the wing and the ground and it no longer has enough lift to sustain flight. 
It looked like they took off prematurely in a panic when the pilot found themselves yawing to the right and never acquired enough speed before lift off.
