Ordered new tail gear from the evil empire (Tower) on Monday, it shipped by mail Tuesday from Reno Nevada. I'm in Los Angeles, stuff still hasn't shown up, so no flying for me this weekend.

This problem is frustrating the daylights out of me and I really need to get it fixed soon or I'll go nuts...

In between another dead stick landing this morning, Captain Dead-Stick (JEB21) apparently also had a ground loop problem with his Pulse XT, which leads me to believe that operator error is playing a larger role in this debacle than my bad tail wheel. I know there is an easy answer somewhere, I just can't figure what it is. I tried firewalling the throttle, easing it forward, and both resulted in disaster. The only thing that's worked at all is having someone hold the plane while gunning the throttle, and then letting go when there was already air moving over the rudder. Plane took off straight as an arrow, with minimal rudder correction.