Don't land on the grass at Dargaville in the Winter. 4ft. amsl. - and the river is about 10ft away - very soggy.
Seriously, grass can be fun, but note the above comments, all valid, we tend to avoid grass at our local field because of the gorse, even when cut regularly it is like landing on tin-tacks. Fed up with mending punctures, but apart from that grass doesn't wear the tyres out as fast. Bit of flap, short field take-off technique off the seal helps that problem. I find my taildragger slightly more controllable on the grass, steerable tail wheel is less skittish and it slows down quicker, so I don't have to mess about finding the brakes pedals located between the rudder pedals so soon, and losing rudder control as a result. Enjoy.
Last edited by ExSp33db1rd; 8th January 2009 at 05:30.