ORIGINAL: 50+AirYears
I had the original construction article, and the designer talked about take-offs from pavement with Cox Medallion 09. Some folks claim you can't overpower a plane, but this was the second plane I had that would prove that stement wrong. You can.
I used an OS .15FP/8x4 Master Airscrew in mine and flew it exclusively off pavement. My favorite trick was to do pirouettes on the ground.
First, I would feed in full-left rudder and a little forward stick pressure then start applying power until the tail wheel would come off the ground. Once that happened, I cobbed the power and kept the prop off the ground using the elevator. It would do about 60rpm in this configuraton. As expected, I sometimes broke a prop performing this 'manuever', but it sure was fun!
Dan