brett - taking off grass is not hard. The biggest thing is holding up elevator and a little right rudder as the plane begins to accelerate. Don't hammer the throttle. As your building speed, relax the elevator. Just make sure that you have flying speed before lifting off Don't worry, our grass is not long at all, it it will be cut. If you can take-off pavement, you'll have no trouble - I'll show you how when you get to Henderson Field. I think that taking off grass with a taildragger is easier than pavement, The squirrelness for groundlooping is a lot lower due to the resistance of the grass. If you can, you might want to increase your wheel size on the mains by 1/4 to 1/2 inch. I'll be there on Friday in case you need to learn how. jetmech makes a good point about having your wheels spinning free, if they are tightened (for flying off pavement) you'll have too much of a braking effect.