Ain't dat de truth !!!

There was an outbreak of Decathlons at one of my flying fields back in the fall last year. Mine is the only one that still exists. And the only reason it does is because everyone else tried to get the takeoff part over quick because it was so ugly and scared them so bad. They did get it over with quick. Every one of those died on takeoff.

I've found the sucker isn't bad at all if I advance the throttle one click a second on the takeoff roll. Darned it the sucker doesn't doesn't do the prettiest tail lift you ever saw. Sorta graceful. And as soon at the tail is up she'll go wherever I move the rudder. But before??? got no idea and don't intend to find out. I steer on the ground by holding full up to put some downforce on the tailwheel but get off that for the takeoff roll.