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I wonder if someone here can give me advice on how to diagnose this (2000 M20R Ovation): After my last annual (when an elevator skin was replaced due to hangar damage), it seems that the nose wheel is now “dynamically unstable” with respect to steering. It used to be that as the plane accelerated on take-off or just touched down, the nose-wheel would automatically straighten out (was dynamically stable), and it was easy to correct direction through small rudder inputs. Now a small input is amplified at speed, so that when I give it a small input to the right for example, as I go faster the airplane wants to veer farther to the right. It is very difficult not to get into oscillations (left-right) on take-off and landing, as the airplane feels “squirrely” until it slows down. Does anyone have ideas how to adjust this? Looking at the nose-wheel there is nothing obvious. I would like to give the right direction to my mechanic here on the field who is not very experienced with Mooneys (or else take it somewhere else if required). Thanks for any input!
