ORIGINAL: highhorse
1) I think there's no point in making the shut down harder than it has to be, because there simply may NOT be that much time.
2) There is the occasional hung or unlocked main gear, then the flying site is grass the preferred landing is gear up with the engine shut down on short final.
Agreed, trying to find the Aux 2 switch that you have only used on the ground before is going to make it very hard to shut it down on short final's.
I'm not so sure about shutting the turbine down with hung up gear, when I landed the Elan without a nose wheel, I kept the turbine running so I could bring it in at a very high AOA and let it lower itself onto the nose, the only problem is the flaps and tail booms take a beating unless your quick enough to put the flaps away just before touch down.
Mike