The ES handles grass just fine with the wheel pants on.  The only big problem is if the runway is a little rough, the old strut will not be able to handle the shimmy damping. It's imperative to have the new style strut.  I test flew an ES in Bolivia that had the latest mods and factory service on an old style (but brand new) strut.  It worked ok for about 4 landings and after that there was completely no shimmy dampening.  Installed the new style strut and it's been good every since.  Joaquin will probably tell more about it since he's here on the list too

Ron

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On Sep 11, 2012, at 12:19 PM, George Wehrung <gw5@me.com> wrote:

> Does anyone know if there are limitations to landing the ES on grass strips?  Is it advisable to remove the wheel pants and/or put larger tires on the main and nose gear?
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