swmoheli - On my Pitts it's a handful on takeoff to get it straight unless you have a good bit of experience with BIPES and short fuse airplanes. Will need good rudder and throttle control to avoid ground-looping. Takes off kind of like a Cub, but with much more power. Some will say it's nothing to be concerned about, just go fly the airplane. I think this trivializes a potential issue that you at least need to be aware of. Just be prepared. This is not a point and rip airplane on takeoff.

Watch for a DS, so go high until you have confidence in your engine. It's amazing how much power you have at idle vs. no engine at all. I have had one DS that I caused and was shocked at how the plane dropped like a rock. I was at 100' and had virtually no elevator response. I let the elevators go to neutral, which was hard to do and thought it was just going to go in. At the last second I pulled back just enough to get the nose up for a successful grass landing. This was downwind as well. No damage and very lucky.

Land with about 2 clicks throttle and then cut when inches above the runway, or you will get into bouncing dance. Here is a thread that may be helpful if you haven't read already.

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/Land...1854989/tm.htm