Here is a good example of why a beginner should not start off with a piper cub as their first plane. The first take-off may be your last! ..... Unless you have an instructor.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLJ_n...eature=related

This take-off looks a little better.....hangar 9 cub
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_edR...eature=related