Posted for "Berni Breen" <bbreen@fortherecord.com>:

I had a similar (less severe) experience with my ES.  On takeoff I had
to introduce full right rudder and get the nose up ASAP to keep the
airplane from making a hard left.  On landing I had to introduce hard
left rudder to keep the airplane from turning hard right.  It was
certainly an attention getter.

I spoke with the folks at Lancair and at first they told me I had to
remove the nose gear and send the nose strut in to them for service.
Once I had it removed, I called to find out what procedure they would
want me to follow to ship my unit.  Then it was suggested that I service
it myself following their service procedure (which they faxed to me) to
avoid the high cost and downtime of sending it to Lancair.   I removed the nose gear and serviced the unit.  That fixed my problem.

Berni P Breen
VP Corporate Sales and Customer Service
FTR Ltd.
2432 West Peoria Avenue
Building 14, Suite 1245
Phoenix, Arizona 85029
Office: (602) 650-0958 X104
Home Office: (228) 255-9557
Cell: (228) 342-2521
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