NMAC AT NON TWR ARPT UNICOM.

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IN SUMMARY I RAN UP THE ENG WHILE PERPENDICULAR TO THE RWY; TAXIED ONTO THE RWY; AND TOOK OFF. AT LIFTOFF AN SMA Y WENT BY ME ON THE R. I STAYED LOW AND HE WENT ABOVE AND IN FRONT OF ME TO RETURN FOR LNDG. I WENT ON MY WAY. I'M BOTHERED BY THIS INCIDENT BECAUSE I THOUGHT I HAD DILIGENTLY LOOKED FOR LNDG TFC. I RAN UP THE ENG IN A POS WHERE I COULD (AND DID) LOOK FOR APCHING TFC. WHEN I ENTERED THE RWY I ANGLED MY PLANE SO THAT I HAD A CLR VIEW ALONG THE APCH PATH AND ABOUT 30 DEG TO MY BLIND SIDE; AND BEGAN MY TKOF PROMPTLY. IN TALKING WITH FRIENDS LATER; WHO HAD SEEN AT LEAST PART OF THE INCIDENT; THEY SAID THAT THE SMA HAD MADE A TIGHT; CLOSE-IN APCH. HE MAY HAVE BEEN LOW ENOUGH THAT I COULDN'T HAVE SEEN HIM OVER THE TREES BEHIND THE TAXIWAY AND ALONG THE APCH PATH. HAD THERE BEEN AN ACCIDENT; I PRESUME I WOULD HAVE BEEN AT FAULT. HOW DO I PREVENT A RECURRENCE? I'VE SEEN PLANES DO A 360 DEG TURN WHILE SITTING AT THE END OF THE RWY. IS THAT GOOD PRACTICE OR NOT? I MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE SEEN THE SMA AND I DIDN'T THINK SITTING ON THE END OF THE RWY WAS CONSIDERED A GOOD IDEA. DOES THE PLT OF THE SMA SHARE ANY BLAME FOR THE MANNER OF HIS APCH? REGARDLESS; HOW DO I BECOME AWARE OF HIM NEXT TIME? I'VE SPENT CONSIDERABLE TIME THINKING ABOUT THIS INCIDENT; BUT I'M NOT COMING UP WITH MUCH THAT I THINK IS USEFUL. WHEN I TKOF; I DON'T JUST GLANCE UP INTO THE SKY; I LOOK CAREFULLY; WHERE DO I GO FROM HERE?