A10 flyer,

I would caution against setting up your HotSpot any more nose high on the ground.

I fly mine off hard rolled grass with a 17lb thrust JetCat P-80. I set the brakes, run the engine up to full throttle and release brakes when they start to slip. I'm off in about 250 feet. My HotSpot has the same setup as yours, Robart gear with the BVM wheels and brakes. It gets light real fast on takeoff roll and almost bounces into the air. HotSpots have gobs of lift, they will fly incredibly slow and will lift off at very low speed. I sure as heck would not want mine any more nose high on the ground as it would fly itself right off, possibly too soon. The other problem is landing, when you touch down you need to drop the nose immediately or risk bouncing back up, like I said it takes very little speed to get a Spot back into the air. You want that thing level on the ground to cut your lift to zero on rollout.

With all that power on your HotSpot it should be off in about 150 feet. Do you set your brakes and run up to full power first? That may explain why it takes so long for your HotSpot to get off the ground. If I just gave my JetCat full throttle and waited for the jet to accelerate the thing would be half-way into the next county before I got off the ground. With that RAM 1000 your HotSpot should blast off like a rocket.

Have you considered carrying less fuel? I carry 80 oz (2.5 litre), fly 4 or 5 minutes and land with 1/4 to 1/3 tank. You are carrying around 6 pounds of fuel. Try flying with 3/4 tank and run up to full power with the brakes set, I'll bet you get much better takeoff performance.