At my flying field I use the blacktop runway which is much harder to take off and land than grass. I put Dubro inflatable tires on without any air in them plus toed them in a bit which helped. This plane needs to be flown in when landing on blacktop. If you read some of the threads concerning this plane you will see many people are having problems with the landing gear coating splitting because of bouncing around when landing, the dubro inflatables help. This biplane loses speed quick when landing and will stall, bring it in with 2 or 3 clicks of power she is not a floater. Another thing that will help your take offs and landings is do touch and goes and learn to USE THAT RUDDER as you power her back up to shoot down the runway. I put the travel on the rudder much further than suggested and the expo very quick to keep up with her when she is on the ground. Hope this helps, Phil