Carbon Cub pilot reported exiting the runway edge during landing. Aircraft continued to parking.
Synopsis
Carbon Cub pilot reported exiting the runway edge during landing. Aircraft continued to parking.
Narrative
I purchased a new CarbonCub FX3 and was bringing it home. I hired a CFI to help me with familiarization of the Garmin instrument panel and flying the new airplane; since I did not have much recent tailwheel experience. I flew from on the airlines with the plan to depart ZZZ1 on Day 0; enroute to ZZZ; where the CFI would take the airlines back on Day 1; and I fly solo.This is the 5th airplane I have owned; and I currently also own a C182. I did a week of tailwheel training in; and a week of flying CarbonCub in the back country with another instructor. A maintenance issue caused me to leave it with repairs being just completed the day before I arrived to bring it home. I was not yet fully comfortable with the radios and my tailwheel landings were not yet consistently good. The CFI I flew with was unavailable but gave me the name of a local CFI; who said they had 400 hours CarbonCub time; whom I then hired and we set a date for us to make the trip.Upon arrival in ZZZ2; the local CFI said they had just finished 3 trips in 4 days ferrying C182s from; was concerned about weather that would be following us a day or 2 after our destinations along our route; and was wanted to be back in ZZZ2 by Day 2 to prepare for recurrent training for their charter job; which was scheduled Day 3. They suggested we do an hour or so of landings at ZZZ2 and then have me fly solo for the rest of the trip. I told them that I had hired them to get me to ZZZ; and they agreed that they would meet their commitment.We departed ZZZ2 on the morning of Day 0 for a 3.2 hour flight to ZZZ3; where we stopped for fuel & lunch; then continued 1.8 hours for an overnight stop at ZZZ4. We departed ZZZ4 Day 1 just after XA:30; stopped for fuel at ZZZ5; 2.7 hours flight time. The CFI pretty much sat in the rear seat looking at their phone. They were not providing input or instruction for the majority of the 2nd day of flying. They did not help with fueling after landing at ZZZ5 and instead went directly into the FBO building; and was relaxing in the rear seat; on their phone; with their feet up and crossed on the doorway of the Cub when I returned after a bathroom stop at the FBO. We departed ZZZ5 XD:38am; landed ZZZ6; taxied back without shutting down; and departed for ZZZ; on the South side of the Class B; XE:17. ZZZ6 had low visibility due to smoke from nearby prescribed burned.I had not previously flown in ZZZ; and we planned to fly the VFR flyway and/or a Class B Clearance; though we did not brief the route or ensure that the correct data was in the iPad or panel radios prior to takeoff at ZZZ6 or ZZZ5. I am very comfortable using Foreflight on my iPad; while the CFI was encouraging me to ignore the iPad and only use the panel Garmin G3X Touch MFD; GPS and autopilot; which I am still learning how to use. They were not completely familiar with the particular radio setup and was unable to talk me through loading flight plans from their phone in the rear seat to the panel radios. We flew through ZZZ with a Class B Clearance via the Flyway. I had been doing radio communication until inside ZZZ Class B; then had them take over radios since ZZZ was very busy; I was not familiar with the airspace or names of waypoints; and they were familiar. ZZZ was still a bit hazy from the prescribed fire burns further north; but ATIS at our destination of ZZZ on the South side of the area did not report reduced visibility.We departed Class B airspace and was cleared to land Rwy XX R by ZZZ Tower. Winds were light - 290/3. After touchdown I over-corrected with the rudders during deceleration on the runway and exited the left side of the runway; coming to stop in the dirt between Rwy XX L and XX R at XF:22. I asked the CFI if they had touched the controls; specifically if they had tried to help with the rudders; during my excursion and they said that they had only gotten on the control stick to try to bring up the wing. ZZZ Tower asked if we needed assistance; I declined; and after a short time sitting between the runway XX R and XX L; I taxied back across Rwy XX R to exit on Taxiway 1; then parked and shut down.Shortly after we parked; I was told that I had hit a runway light about 800 ft. down the runway. The CFI was quickly out of the airplane looking at damage to my plane and texting; at least to my mechanic; photos of my plane before discussing anything with me. Then they walked away to a nearby building. When they returned; they said that they would send me an invoice and would discuss things later. I told them I wasn't happy that they spent the day looking at their phone; they replied that I had told them that I didn't want their help and started yelling. I told them that this wasn't the time or place and this should continue at another time. They left ZZZ airport within about a half an hour of landing. The next morning; Day 3; the CFI texted to apologize for 'blowing up' at me the day before and requested payment for time and expenses; which I sent to them on Day 5. Luckily; no one was hurt and the airplane is not totaled or terribly damaged. The airplane has damage to the right wingtip but does not appear that the spar is bent. The Director of Maintenance at the shop I parked in front of was very helpful. The damage to the wing was not so severe that it would be defined as an Accident and would be deemed an Incident. Coming into the trip; I knew my tailwheel landings were not consistently good; I was still learning how to operate the radios; I was unfamiliar with flying in the mountains and in that area of the country; and had not flown that airplane in 2 months; so I sought help. I ended up with someone whom I think was too young and inexperienced to provide adequate help. I chose the wrong flight instructor to accompany me.I think the primary cause of my ground loop was too much rudder inputs after touchdown - that I had not yet mastered consistently good tailwheel landings in this airplane. This was only my 5th landing in 2 days and 9.5 hours of flight time; after not flying this; or another; tailwheel plane for 2 months. A significant contributing factor was allowing myself to be frustrated with the CFI; who had their head down looking at their phone anytime I looked back at them during the previous several hours of flying time that day. We had not briefed the flight into the very busy Class B airspace and I was frustrated that I was so behind enough in communications that I asked them to take over the radios. They told me the morning that we left ZZZ2 that they were tired from previous days of flying; and I had the strong impression that they did not want to be on this trip; which I also think was a contributing factor - that they were tired; watching the clock; thinking about other stuff; and didn't want to be on this trip. I also think that they were young and fairly inexperienced; but this is another assumption. In the end; I hired the wrong person; who was unable to help me.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.