Here?s the little jingle that I use just before I take the active runway. It?s not complete, but I always figured that it would give me my best chance to make a successful take off.
Mind you, this is just before I take the active, and after I?ve done my preflight and run-up.
Before every takeoff I say this:
?Are you the one that?s both excited and ready to swing, lean, clean, and green??
What that means to me is this:
?Are you the one?:
You only get to pick ?one? fuel tank on a Cub, are you on the fullest one?
?That?s both?:
Are the mags on both?
?Excited?:
Did you remember to turn the darn alternator on? Is the charging system electrically ?excited?.
?And ready??this is probably the most important one:
Where?s your head?...just get in a fight with the accountant?...hung over?...wife just issue you a new course in life??got your charts, freqs, etc ready? You?re about to go flying, to defy gravity!?where?s your head?, are you ready?
?To swing?:
Do the controls ?swing?, and in the correct direction? Look again.
?Lean?:
Got the mixture set for best lean for the airport elevation?
?Clean?:
Sorry, this one is a bit of a stretch, but it comes from the old Cessna days when the planes that I learned to fly in had to take off with the flaps up, or in the ?clean? position. Now it reminds me to add one notch of flaps.
And lastly??Green?:
One more glance at the gauges to ensure that the oil pressure/temp, vacuum, tach at run-up, etc, (the engine gauges) are in the ?green? and ready to go.
?Are you the one that?s both excited and ready to swing, lean, clean and green??
I realize that this doesn?t exactly address the point of your question, but it works for me.