Thanks for the info Charlie. I'm actually in the process of building a great planes decathlon 40 as well. On the home stretch with it so I'm glad to hear tail draggers do better in grass. They recommend 2 1/2 - 2 3/4 mains if flying off grass with the wheel pants off obviously. Maybe I can convince the fiancé to get me an ARF for my birthday coming up in July!

Started looking at engines, anybody have experience with evolution engines? They have a .46NX right at the $100 price point. But if they are unreliable I'll chuck out another $40 bucks for the O.S. .46AX.