ORIGINAL: opjose
You'll frequently see guys at our club rolling their tail draggers down a slight hill on the pavement to see how it tracks.
We have a hard time with that approach here in Florida. Tried it on the causeways, but the 1:1 scale cars kept getting in the way.
Seriously: Practicing on the ground is great advice. I take off from a paved runway and any torque yaw effect that you get on engine rev up is magnified due to the lower resistance. A couple of points (some already made)
- Reduce expo/DR throw on the rudder to reduce over steer
- Advance throttle gradually
- Toe in on the wheel alignment
- a little up elevator during the initial few feet of acceleration gives the tail more friction with the ground and helps with yaw