Did some more flying with my scout today. Between this and
@Dr. Looping Looie's Libelle design, I'm having a blast flying off the water. Libelle link
here. My Libelle is unfortunately down for repairs at the moment. My 3 year old insisted on helping me launch it, and he of course threw it in the water upside down, cooking the ESC.
My scout seems a little nose heavy, so I had some trouble getting it off the water once on the step. Then I remembered that I had programmed flaperons. I never had to use them flying the scout before, but I tried them out and they made a world of difference. With flaps down the takeoff run was shortened to about 10 yards from a dead stop.
@MorningViewFPV maybe this trick could work for you as well?