Jeff, in general with tail draggers that's the way you have to handle them on the ground (as far as I know). The trick is learning when on an individual plane to let up on the elevator so it doesn't pop up and stall as it gains speed. Didn't have that problem with my plane the one actual takeoff I did.

My ground handling problem is that the thing wants to nose over when it hits the least bit of resistance (bump, hole, grass) while rolling *without* power. If I keep the power on (1/4 throttle or more) then there's no problem. But that makes for some rather high speed taxiing. I believe a little experience will allow me to learn when to blip the throttle (and how much) to keep the nose up.