RE: Asphalt Runway yes/no
We have a 300 by 40 paved runway, we take off and land quarter scale planes every week. We also have a 40 foot dirt strip next to the runway, most new flyers miss the pavement and land in the dirt, as do sailplanes and belly landers. Some of our belly landers just added plastic skid plates under their planes so they can land on the asphalt. We couldn't afford to water a grass runway in southern california so this is necessary for our club. The clubs with longer runways say ours is a hard one to land on but if you fly here every week it isn't a problem. I think it all depends on what you've learned on.