Hi,
my name's Steve and I'm new to the group.  I recently purchased and Lancair 360 MK II that's about 3 years old.  I'm wondering if it's typical to see high rudder pedal forces required to move the rudder.  I had it checked by my A&P (not too familiar with Lancair's).  I have the adjustable pedal assembly on both pilot and copilot sides.  We disconnected the cables at the rudder horn and the pedals and cables move quite freely.  We lubed everything anyway.  Also, with the cables disconnected, the rudder moves quite freely.  The only thing I've noticed is that the rudder horn has a short lever arm and is perpendicular to the rudder hinge line. But the rudder cable pulls on it from a line straight out of the fuselage.  This seems to create high pedal forces.  Is this typical?

thanks

Steve Rosenzweig
Lancaster, CA