Hey bryris, your LT-40 looks great! The covering job turned out really nice. The stocks wheels are fine on grass. They are a bit heavy but they will work fine. You will probably find that the nose gear tends to take a beating in the grass and gets bent back occasionally which leaves the plane sitting in a nose-down position. Don't hesitate to bend it forward as needed. I always lowered my nose wheel as much as possible and found it to help a little to keep the nose at the proper attitude.

I finally got tired of the tricycle gear and converted mine to a tail dragger which makes it handle much better on the ground. Not quite as easy as the stock gear but much more pleasing once you are used to a tail dragger. My suggestion is to do the conversion some time after you have become proficient at landing and taking off on your own. It will also remove a little drag which results in more speed - giving your flying skills a little boost.

Also, don't rush yourself into flying your second plane. The LT-40 will force you to perform proper landings since it is a floater and the better you get with your LT-40, the easier that step to your second plane will be. I learned on an LT-40 and flew it to the point where guys at the field kept telling me I needed to get a new plane. I kept flying the LT-40 because I have kids so my building time was limited and I was perfectly happy flying every moment I could. I ended up winning my clubs fun fly competition roughly a year after starting to fly (flying a Hangar 9 Twist) so I have to give the LT-40 credit for giving my flying skills a great foundation. It is surprising the amount of aerobatics you can get out of this plane. I tried just about everything with mine and it can be forced to most maneuvers. Knife edge and inverted flight aren't very pretty, but if you can do them with this plane, they will seem easy once you move on to a more aerobatic plane.

Good luck with your maiden flight!

FlyerBry