RV-8
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 30; Flight Crew Total 3500; Flight Crew Type 1
Ground Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control; Ground Excursion Runway
Flight Crew Regained Aircraft Control; General Maintenance Action
Aircraft; Human Factors
Upon landing Rwy XXL; RV8 departed runway approx midpoint of runway; passed through grass median and entered Taxiway X. From this point taxi back to parking uneventful. Directional departure occurred at approximately 45KT.  Directional control re-acquired using wheel brakes; at approx. 20 knots. No damage to aircraft or airport facilities. First Flight for this aircraft. Possible contributing factors.- Pilot inexperience in type.- Inadvertent brake application on rollout.- Tailwheel steering mis-adjustment - Excessive airspeed on touchdown.- Failure to maintain full back stick upon rollout; reducing effectiveness of tailwheel steering.
RV8 pilot reported a runway excursion.