smokey04b

That might be the cause, not rolling out centerline far enough. I'll try the suggestions!

Thanks for the feedback. BTW, I am not using NWS on take off or landing. It's not that big a deal on landing since you're supposed to be braking anyway so a little differential braking to stay center line is ok. But on take off: wheel brakes on, spool up to 95%, wheel brakes off and I don't know which way she's going to go. Mostly to the left. Rudder typically does not have any effect and sometimes makes it worse. I'm not a pilot myself, but I have 24 years AD in the USAF now (plus 3 enlisted in the Army) mostly spent as a Weapons Officer/Operational Air Planner or a FAO for SOCOM, and I was talking to some pilot friends about this - trying to get them interested in DCS - and they were like, "yeah, applying brakes on take off is not optimal!"

I did several searches and found nothing on point. And actually my issue is not exactly with the nose wheel steering although it is wonky. What I'm having issues with in a complete lack of rudder authority on take off and landing. I can taxi no problem even though the nws does drift. And in flight the rudder works fine, but on take off and landing I can only keep her on the runway with wheel brakes. I've tried curves and no curves, makes no difference. Is this normal? Also, I'm just starting on the F-5 so I've only done the training missions so far and I don't think there's any wind in those scenarios.