mbga,
That's why those little LEX fence 'vortex bursters' were fitted - significantly reduced the fatigue on the V stabs.
victor,
If you look how far back the mainwheels are (when it's on the ground) and consider how much mass is fwd of the mainwheels, you can see that it needs a lot of downforce at the back to rotate the nose on take off. In some configs you needed up to full back stick to get the nose up on take off (from a runway that is, I have no carrier experience). Rudder toe-in, as ORAC says, helped a little to get the nose up.
MT