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I bailed out and walked across the lot after a long flight with my left wing missing a large chunk and on fire finished with rough landing no worse than normal LOL and stepped up on Jack's wing, then we took off. We did this twice. The first time Jack said that was one of my smoothest take offs. Then I started playing around and found my pilot's weight actually rocks the plane when walking on the wing. Did I change his center of gravity? I checked the other WW2 birds the Spit is the only one I can walk up on the wing from the ground. I have video of it and this is just screen shots of the video but its too late to compress and upload the vids tonight. EDIT: I made a quick and dirty vid anyway.

LOL..... thats To funny.

Let me get this right.....online you can get out of your Spitty, climb up on someone else's wing and they can take off with you on the wing....? Can the 'pilot' look out and see you standing on the wing? If so, fantastic!

EDIT - ADDITIONAL TIP For Takeoff, ALWAYS ENSURE YOUR TAIL WHEEL IS STRAIGHT BEFORE COMMITTING TO TAKEOFF! As you make your final turn on to the runway and come to a stop around the centreline, if possible, go to external and check the tailwheel. Chances are it's pointing the direction you just turned from! If you power up now, guess which way you're gonna be headed? That's right - into the grass! As you get to the runway heading you should already be applying brake/rudder opposite to your turn in order to stop the a/c on the desired heading; the trick is not to stop dead once you've got her lined up but let the momentum carry you forward and roll a few yards/metres to ensure your tailwheel is pointing straight down the back of the tail.