That's what I noticed as well. Picked up the tail quick. Now, using Jim Pfarr's Belite technique may get the plane off the ground even faster. Jim goes no flaps until just below rotation speed, then jacks in the flaps which pops the plane into the air, drops the flaps partly and fly's away.
Now with a small 2 stroke this may not work as well. However, with a 303 or a Thumpair (which has a lot of torque like a 1/2 VW) I think it might work. One day I hope to give it a few tries.