Bob,

Snap it a few times going up. If you do not do deep snaps (bury the elevator) you can get multiples and I really do mean multiples

Now do the pulling vertical right from takeoff with about a 15 foot takeoff roll and if you really wanted to you could probably get a little shorter takeoff roll. I think the shortest I ever got was about a foot into a 10mph head wind

I'm glad you like it. As we have said time and again in the Ultimate thread, GP did it right with the performance series planes. I just wish they would release the Edge they keep talking about. It would be cool to have a 50cc Edge at 14lbs at less that 400 bucks