This is more geared at the pilots who may be reading this.
One thing I noticed while taxiing and flying was the right rudder pedal was significnantly harder to push than the left. CFI said it was due to wind, but would that effect it even during taxi? I'm wondering if maybe he had his foot resting on the left pedal or if maybe something was wonky? He didn't mention anything while he was flying, so I doubt there's anything amiss, it just seemed interesting.
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It could be the wind... depending on how windy it is, you do sometimes feel it a bit in the rudders, even on the ground. If that were the case, you'd probably also have the yoke twisting around every which way...
But, I do know that sometimes one rudder just feels different-- it could be how its adjusted. I know that after we had a minor repair on our plane (I scraped the tailhook off on a landing), the rudders felt a little different.
Good luck with the flying! It is an amazing thing to get to do!
During your preflight, make sure the nosewheel isn't turned. If it is, get someone to push down on the tail (pushing on a bulkhead area, not sitting on the stab) to lift the nose wheel off the ground. Straighten out the nosewheel and lower it back to the ground. Now the rudder should sit straight, and the rudder pedals should be even. Also when you move the rudder to each side, it should spring back to the centre. If it stays to one side youmay have a broken rudder spring, which can be a very serious thing.
If it's just stiffer than the other, yeah, you can have unequal rudder spring tension. That is adjustible by maintenance.
I think its efffect of propeller. It always pull you to left so you have to overcomethis by right peddal. this is abvious especially on the ground while taxiing
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