GplStewart

Glad I found this thread, I was beginning to think I was going mad with all the sliding off the runway. I've never really had a problerm with taking off before. My own observations match no1sonuk in that if I cold start and taxi the plane myself it seems uncontrollable on take off - despite a long pull forward to straighten the tail wheel. If I just go for straight take off from the runway then I can get airborne a lot more reliably. I shall try a few of these valuable suggestions and continue working at it...

Yes, same issue for me, getting stuck at the engine priming. However, it all works perfectly if I only used the described keys in the tutorial and not the HOTAS switches I've mapped. I have a feeling I have had something similar in the past - maybe in the Huey tutorials.