At the local airport I overheard two full size pilots recalling their "early days" learning the basics in a J-3. One said he still remembers the uneasy feeling he got when his Instructor had him literally ram the stick full forward on a takeoff roll. This was to pick up that long tail back there. He said he was always scared he was going to jam the prop into the ground, but it never happened. I tried it on my R/C Cub and it worked. Once the tail is flying it's easy to steer with the rudder and it just goes on down the strip till its ready to leave. My RCM Funster had a flat bottomed airfoil shaped horizontal stab that helped get it's long tail up as soon as it began to run and with no input from me. It took off fine every time. I have a similar setup on a Crop Duster type now. Cubs with their flat tails make you do the work. If I can do it anyone can do it.