On Wednesday, October 9, 2013 12:53:26 PM UTC-4, Soartech wrote:
Along this line, many self-launchers have small in-line
skate wheels on the wingtips so they can start with the
wing already touching the runway. Perhaps a simple retrofit
could save your gel-coat (or your life).

Without a steerable tail-wheel and enough tail weight to make
it actually steer, tip wheels merely avoid scraping the wingtip
finish as you ground-loop.

As some who have observed interesting Whale take-offs can attest ;-)

OTH, as it has a proper steerable tail-wheel, I normally
take off without a wing-tip runner in Antares...