WHOO HOO let me add my two cents worth. Thought I had some good practice with RF on taildraggers. Got one of the experienced guys to maiden the spacewalker. He ground looped a couple times, then added some expo to rudder and got it up in air. Then its my turn. Ground loop. Ground loop. Ground loop. One guy suggested what Big Ned did, but engine isn't lean enough to run full power yet, and that was -more than a little- nerve racking. I won't say I got the technique downpat, but pointing plane down runway, advancing throttle very gradually with a little down elevator in, just untill tailwheel gets off deck, then working rudder was working for me very well at the end. I got about 4 good takeoffs in. No touch 'n' goes yet, but they'll come. I need to figure out how to land this monster gently, so far all I've managed to do is plunk it down on the runway in a most un-gracefull manner. It's no trainer.

andy