I have a beaver too. And I pretty much agree with the other posts. You do need to practice your fine control with the sticks, But trying to drive it around on the ground, will not help. Between the torque steer and the wheel wires bending, which turns the wheels, there is too much going on. I ROG my beaver all the time. It will hand launch with no problem, but it also ROG's with no problem. And that is much more fun. If you CG is set correctly, don't even mess the elevator. You probably won't even need to touch the rudder. Just punch the thottle all the way. It will take off in about 10 feet. Don't be shy either. Push the throttle all the way up. The beaver has ton's of power and will take right off.