As stated above, I have the same hard time taking off. I am still on the buddy box. This post has a wealth of information. Yesterday I went to the field along with the instructor with me, an although all my take offs were not perfect, I did get some really good one off the ground. My control of the plane improved 100%. This is what I did. 1. The nose of my plane was very nose high. I have a Hobbieco Super Star 40 with an OS .46 AX engine. It has wire for the main wheels. I put a wheel collar on the wire, about 3 inches down from the fuse on each side. Then I ran a strong wire across and pulled the wheels in and tighten it in place. This brought the tail up anf made the nose go down thereby making the plane level. It also added extra support to the wheels. 2. When taking off, I tryed as best I could not to over compensate keeping it straight. 3. I kept a little up elevator the entire time it was rolling to keep most of the pressure on the main wheels. These three things improved my take off 100%. Again, I think this post has a lot of good information. When you are learning to fly, you need all the help you can get.

Poppy2