I've been flying giant scale since 1982. I currently have a respectable fleet of gassers including a 1/3 scale Super Decathlon. All tail draggers. Never a problem with takeoff and landings except for the 1/3 scale Bucker Jungmeister. That plane has the LG very far forward. See photo. One has to be extremely careful on takeoffs. Any sleight cross wind is a bear once the tail wheel breaks ground. Weather-vane city.

I completely solved the directional stability problem with a Futaba GY401. Last September at Bomber Field we had an easterly cross wind nearly the whole time that I was there. I think I flew the Jungie 6 or 7 times in AVCS (heading hold) mode on takeoff. Straight as an arrow. All I had to do was lean the ailerons a little into the wind.