The  whole incident, from start to finish consumed about 3500 - 4000 feet of
the  6000 foot runway.  She was off the ground before the 2000 foot  marker.
And today was not a standard day -- DA this afternoon was about  8300 feet.
So yeah -- plenty of get up & go.

Agree on the slower  warm-ups vs blasting down the runway at full power...

Live & learn  I suppose...

Mark


Mark,
You might not need to make any more high speed taxi tests, but a good
suggestion was made by a friend of mine. Run it without the wings on until
you're ready to fly. You can go as fast as you want without unexpected
aviation.
Bill jEPSON


On a canard airplane, if you take the wings off, be _sure_ to take the
canard off too.  If not and you accelerate to near rotation speed, the
aircraft will likely flip over uncontrollably due the center of lift
being so far forward..  An early Varieze or Long EZ was significantly
damaged because of this.


Regards,

Matt-