Originally Posted by
RC_Fanatic
Well, extending the nose gear helped some, but I need to extend it more, which means a new nose gear as the current one is too short. Might need to pull one off another plane or get creative as the nearest hobby shop is 50 miles away!
On a couple of airplanes I smoothed the takeoffs by "lowering" the tail -- raking back the main gear, or spreading the main gear wider. I fly off grass, so it helps to have the plane stand with the wing several degrees positive relative to the "flat" ground.