rrragmanliam,

Great video for the newbies to watch - one of the reasons you don't get a warbird for your first plane.

I don't know if right thrust would have made any difference there. Some of issues this video shows are:

1) Improper use of right rudder for directional control (not enough used, or to little rudder throw)

2) Possibly lifting the tail too soon. This can cause a loss of directional control since the tailwheel was performing all the work, and not enough airflow over the rudder to make it effective.

3) Not enough power when attempting to force the plane off the ground at too low of an airspeed, and not prepared for the instant torque response with jamming full throttle.

This is a classis case of force the take-off into a take-off stall. And warbirds are very unforgiving.......they'll bite like a rabbid animals.

I made the same mistake early on with forcing a Piper Cub to lift off early once [&o] - once [>:] ........haven't made that mistake again.

If the pilot would have aborted the take-off when the plane started to veer to the left, he quite possibly could have been flying the plane today. If I could have a nickle for every aborted take-off I've done I'd be rich.

Hogflyer