Hi Druff1

Here's a great video of why you need right thrust and why you need to use right rudder on a take off roll. I wonder if this guy had any RT in the plane. Also a nice, easy, smooth throttle up helps. The wrong time to hit the gas is when your plane is vering to the left.

http://home.dc.rr.com/maurie/HawkerSplat.wmv

Darren