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I will definitely give it a try. Thank you.

I agree @Basco1 about having to increase power relatively quickly, I learned that the hard way through several failed take off attempts. I feel there is likely a sweet spot between increasing power fast enough but not too fast. Though I am still needing the occasional left or right brake input right at the beginning of take off, usually because I haven't straightened my tail wheel enough I think. A little off-topic, but when I try to land I always end up going all over the runway and the plane often decides to nose plant into the runway before I even hit the brakes, any suggestions anybody? P.S. This forum has a wealth of knowledge, I appreciate you all sharing a little of it with me .

@grafspee While I do not have any solid answers for you I noticed the same thing taking off occasionally. but it didn't seem consistent for me. sometimes the plane would want to go left, other times right. I am curious, could it be the tail wheel not being straight? I am just throwing out the idea because I am at a bit of a loss currently on that issue. I also find the smoke bug annoying .

I am pretty sure they are located behind the pilot seat. I found it easiest to bind them to something as I couldnt reach them effectively. Edit: I believe they are called fuel selectors. theres one for each engine.

Just wanted to say thanks to everybody for all the tips and advice. My take offs are still a bit rough, but I am getting in the air about 80% of the time. I couldn't have done it without the help of the people in this thread. So thank you very much!

So I have been trying to replicate my specific problem so I can share the track of my attempt. So far I spend most of my time going off left or right uncontrollably. However, I did have a somewhat successful take off using @Yo-Yo advice. Slowly but Surely I am getting there. I would like to thank everybody for their input, I would never have gotten off the ground were it not for you wonderful people! I may return throughout the coming days as I stumble through learning this beautiful bird. But in the mean time I think I am on the right track. If I can replicate my issue again I will be sure to save the track and post it. Thanks again everybody.

So just to make sure I understand. I don't want to raise the tail too fast or too early, and I want to try and keep the aircraft on the two main gears as consistently as possible to help compensate that yaw to the left. correct?

Okay I seem to be making progress. I can get down the runway more or less consistently until it comes time for the tail to come off the ground. then the plane begins to yaw to the left and I cannot correct it in time. Is this just a matter of timing? I know from flying the helos that you sometimes need to predict how the aircraft is going to react. Is that all I am missing with this? I've also set a curve of 30 on the rudder axis, I think I was over compensating by quite a bit. so now the beginning of takeoff is generally better. After watching several tutorials on YouTube I think I can see them correcting the left yaw when the tail rises, but I don't fully understand how they are doing it. I apologize for all the questions, but this is the first serious crack I have taken at the warbirds so I am pretty green with them. Thanks for all the answers so far by the way.

@Art-J I had read somewhere about not using the takeoff assist so I turned it off. I would agree it seems likely that I am overcompensating with the rudder inputs. It seems like that point where it goes from no rudder control to the rudder being useful is where I struggle. I try to compensate with the rudder to no effect, and then my speed picks up and my rudder input sends me drifting (not just a little, I feel like I'm in some racing movie) down the runway. Is it really as simple as less rudder input? because sometimes as a veer off I feel like I am going to go off the runway and I panic a little. Maybe my reaction is the issue.

Okay so, I was able to drunkenly get down the runway and into the air on the first time. sheer luck i suppose. My struggle now is that when I am taking off, if I use any rudder once I'm going fast enough, it over compensates and sends me careening off the runway. I am unsure what I am doing wrong. I have tried 7 or 8 times since i started this thread. My technique is definitely better but I still cannot take off consistently. Any additional suggestions? HotTom thanks for the suggestions, they have gotten me a good deal closer to taking off successfully. And thanks Reflected, I actually watched your video earlier and found it helpful. I think my biggest issue is technique now but I am unsure of where the issue is in my technique.

Thanks HotTom, I will give your suggestions a try. Thanks!

Hi everybody, apologies for the questions. I am struggling to take off in the mosquito. It does not seem to matter what I do, I always end up veering off one way or the other. The minute I start my take off run its as if the mosquito has a mind of its own. I have read the manual looking for tips, and I have watched several tutorials about take off in the mosquito. I normally try to figure it out myself but I am scratching my head bald at this point. I have wrecked god knows how many mosquitoes trying to learn the take off consistently. Does anybody have any resources I could reference? or any tips? I usually scour the reading material and YouTube for help, but I am not seeing the answer. Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks everyone, I ended up binding the necessary keys and now start up is much easier. If only I could get this beauty off the ground consistently.

Sure I can take a look at your track replay if you want and see. I will warn you, I am hardly an expert. I do however fly the yak quite frequently (for a relatively new pilot). I have noticed that once the engine has been running for a while on the ground that the temperatures can get quite high and are somewhat tricky to keep down. For example, after I land and shut down. When I start up again the temperatures go higher quite quickly to the point that I feel I may over heat if I sit too long.

I am unsure of what is going on but I can try to help out. or at least I can ask some questions and see if something gets worked out. When you are doing your procedural checks, how long is it taking approximately? When I have done a cold start in winter with the yak, I find the oil temp takes forever to get up to temperature even with the oil cowl flap closed. I spend most of my start up sitting on the runway waiting for the temperatures to get high enough. Does the yak's oil temperature do this to you consistently every time you try to do a cold start? I know the yak definitely has its quirks and issues. Hopefully somebody will come along with more info that can help you figure this out. With regards to the spinning the prop to prime, I think in chuck's guide for the yak it mentions that it is not modelled in DCS. I took a quick look in the controls and the radio commands and couldn't find anything either so I am guessing that it isn't modelled.