All you hear among the small plane fliers is how hard tail draggers are to fly. You see conventional gear (yes, that's the real name for tail dragger gear) on biplanes and scale planes, and little else. On the other hand, when you get to giants, you rarely see a tricycle gear. I am sure that many would-be giant fliers have stuck with their smaller planes with tricycle gear because of their fear of tail draggers.
At one time in my model flying career, I swore I would never, among other things, fly a tail dragger. Now I hate the thought of hooking up a nose gear. Phyllis and others who remember it still kid me about that statement. I will admit that I have had my share of bad handling tail draggers. I had a biplane once that if you added the power too fast, would ground loop 3 times before you could stop it. It used to really wake up the pits. I have had quickie 500 racers turn 90 degrees on release. On the other hand, of the 6 giants I have had and the several others I have flown, I have yet to have one handle poorly on the ground. I think that when a plane gets to 80 inches, the Ground Handling Fairy taps them with her magic wand and says: "You will now behave." I guess it's the greater weight of the giant causing the greater inertia, but something magic happens to a tail dragger when they get in the giant scale class -- they lose their squirreliness. Straight take offs are the norm and all that zig-zagging around is usually a thing of the past.
You might wonder about my takeoff technique. I assure you that it is nothing special. I just hit the power and go. The prop blast picks the tail up and if there is a cross wind, I make a slight rudder correction and lift off. Actually, the longer you keep the tail wheel on the pavement, the more chance you have of a bad takeoff.
So if you have not flown a giant, but are thinking
about it, Don't worry about the fact that most of the giants you see have
draggers gear. Giants handle very nicely and save you the weight and
complexity of a nose gear. Believe me, Big Really is Better!