ORIGINAL: carp_886
Been flying about 8 months. Started with a alpha 40.....after I got signed off bought a big stick 40 from great planes...flew it rest of summer and fall......This spring bought a saratogo 40. Guys from club said ( little right rudder, little eleverator, slow on throttle and you will be fine. All I can say is good thing I was the only one at the field this morning. Everyone on the flight line would of been very mad. I was all over the place trying to take off.....Left,..right...left again....then up....Ineed help
Edit: Ooops..Aiden88 and MinnFlyer said the same thing while I was typing my reply. They're right!
As someone who was where you now are last year (1st year of flying and 1st tail dragger...and a Cub no less) my instructors gave me this practice drill . If no one is using the runway or flying, just practing taxiing from one end of the runway to the other. Each time add a little more throttle, but not enough to take off. After you're about 1/2 way down the runway, just chop the throttle back and slow down. You'll find out the point/speed where you'll need to start applying more rudder to keep it straight down the center of the runway.
At some point you'll be comfortable with the takeoff rollout and just a smidge more throttle and you're airborne!!! In my case the Cub lifted off the ground and I was flying so Ijust added some more throttle and off I went!
Good luck!
Mark