Can tailwheel lock be so effective ?

[Anatoli-Kagari9]

Based on the other thread where one of the users was complaining about how difficult it was to successfuly land the 109 in one of the Campaign Missions ( landing difficult ) where significant weather is set, with x-wind and turbulence bellow cloud base and down to the ground level, after having found out what might be the cause ( the tailwheel is not locked at the start of the mission ), I decided to continue taxiing after landing.

 

Now, under a 90º 25+ knot wind I would expect some need for rudder to oppose weathervane, but my 109 continues to taxi straight ahead, aligned with the rw centerline, without need for much input.

 

Looking from a rear outside view I can actually see it somehow being pushed sideways and slipping accross the rw, being pushed to the right ( downwind ) as a whole - it doesn't show a tendency to weathervane but it is sliding sideways to the right as if evenly pushed from the nose to the tail...

 

I wonder if that tailwheel lock is that effective. Klaus Plasa actually told me it wasn't, from his RL experience...