2. Hit the Brakes

Have you ever advanced the power, gathered momentum on the runway and pulled back on the yoke or stick at the appropriate airspeed — only to be greeted by a shaking in the controls as you lift off that makes your mind start thinking about pre-stall buffets, your uncomfortably high angle of attack and proximity to the trees? If your airspeed is increasing on takeoff and you’re climbing nicely out of ground effect, chances are the vibration you feel through the yoke isn’t a stall buffet at all — rather, it’s probably caused by your slightly out-of-balance tires shaking the airframe as they leave terra firma and keep right on spinning. The remedy, of course, is to briefly step on the brakes to stop them. This is the recommended procedure immediately after takeoff in some retractable gear airplanes

Read the whole Hit the Brakes tip here.