Our club field is grass, a mixture of fescues, perennial rye, and a small amount of Kentucky Bluegrass....we currently have 7 flyers authorized for solo flight at our field.......well over 1000 flights/year....

As far as a trainer, the Boomerang XL is far and away the best IMO.......we have 2 flying regularly and a third about to make maiden.....we routinely buddy box flyers who have flown nothing but .46 size trainers and they can't believe how easy it is to fly.....decent price as well, with retracts, W/B and factory painted coming in under $2000.00........it also will accept most production motors out there.....there are guys flying them with AMT Mercury, lots of Jetcats, all the way up to AMT Olympus........the two in our club have P-120's on them and the third will have a Rhino......

The grass damage is the worst with my Pegasus powered KingCat with it's angled-down motor......however, the only time the brown grass lingers is in the middle of summer when rainfall is diminished......in our experience, as long as you don't park in one spot, with the blast unprotected, it does not kill the grass.....it comes back in a week or two, faster if there is rain......the issue is cosmetic only.....we still have more actual grass kill problems from gas and glow guys refusing to use overflow tanks....[:@].......quite a few jets fly at the super nice grass field at Joe Nall each year, and they have no problems as it always comes back.....but best to use blast shields under the tail in the startup areas....

The Bandit is not a trainer......it also leaves a pretty good grass brown trail as it sits on such short gear, but less so than the KC/BC......

I will post a photo of our field as it looks right now after a season of flying so your club members can feel comfortable that the grass will survive.....won't get that posted until tomorrow afternoon or Thursday morning.....

Having our club president, Dave Elsinger, the most active jet flyer at our field, goes a long way to make our field jet friendly......

Tom