I've been flying for about 18 months and finally I'm learning to have smoother take offs. All my planes are tail traggers and I was taught to hold up elevator or it would nose over, when speed built up the plane would shoot into the air and be close to stall, a few did. Now I hold up elevator till speed builds up then slowly return to nuetral, let the tail come up then apply just a bit of up. It's the prettiest take off you ever saw, my planes climb out at about 10 degrees, a slow bank away from the field and away she goes. There's nothing sweeter, Ahhhhhhhhhh.