I am getting ready to scratch build a twin plane with a wing similar in shape and size as an Ultra Sport 60 and my own fuselage design. I am going to use newly broken in ASP .36 2 stroke engines and 10 inch props. I am dead set on retracts. Now I have never owned a trike geared plane since the first month of flying and then switched my trainer forty to tail dragger. All other planes in the fleet are currently taildraggers or are made to float. I only own one twin and it is a seamaster with two ASP .25 engines with 9x5-6 props. I have heard of the horror stories of taking off a taildragger twin. Is it really as bad as they say or is it ok to build this new plane as a tail dragger with retracts and save the nose wheel weight.

Can't you use enough up elevator during initial takeoff roll to keep the tail wheel on the ground long enough for the rudder to kick in?