I was wondering how much different it is to fly off snow with skis than it is to fly in warm weather with wheels. I've been out of the hobby for 15 years and will be getting back in. I've been building a Cub (should have built a trainer instead) which I will fly with instructor's help in the spring.

In the meantime, my brother and I were thinking about getting an ARF trainer (perhaps building a Spad), putting it on skis, and flying by ourselves on our snow-covered lake this winter (wide open spaces, nothing to run into other than the lake itself). The standard advice about always starting with an instructor aside, is it significantly more difficult to fly off snow than land?

-Scott