George,

Thanks to Bill for elaborating. Your conclusions are correct.

It sounds like you had no right thrust at all though. Two degrees overall (not in addition to) ought to be more than enough. This will make the plane behave better on launch AND at airspeed. Launching with a right bank, though, is still a good idea till airspeed is achieved. Leave the rudder at neutral. It will be effective at launch but very quickly it'll be too effective.

But, why hand launch? No runway? No throttle? What engine are you using? Having a throttle allows you to back off on power if the launch gets hairy. I'd NEVER fly without a throttle.

If you've got a snorting Norvel doing 18K on the Tornado, that might be part of the problem too. Way too much power for a Cessna type with such a low weight. My Stik was 14 ounces and with the Norvel, I could go vertical from a grass takeoff. Nothing wrong with going vertical with a Cessna but you've got to be ready for it. If you're doing something like 16K that ought to be plenty.