Just to let you know I flew the Pitts today.Man is it a handfull.Very slippery and doesn't glide very well . It's probably too much for me at this point in time and I think it wise and less expensive to park it in the hanger for a while and pick on something a little less demanding.The hand launch was successful but you have to be very careful with control inputs and very easy to get yourself into trouble. Thanks everybody for the help.