I've found wheel pants to be an issue in general when flying off grass fields.

On my four *, a grass field landing normally includes a round of epoxy to reattach the plywood panel on the plane's belly (she's been "well loved" over the past 8 years and her wheel pants are built like tanks). On my others, it normally means either a nose over or a nose over and repairs to a damaged wheel pant. I've not had a trike landing gear in my inventory since my daughter killed my trainer on her first flight.

Luckily, my primary field is paved so I don't think I'll see that particular issue show up. I'm going to start off with a 3 blade 14x7 prop on my Saito 100. I'm not anticipating too much issue with lack of speed overall. I will make sure to note that it likes to drop a wing though. I lost my first warbird to a tip stall once upon a time. Doesn't look like a maiden flight is in the near future here. I'm on call this weekend and there are thunderstorms in the area that are predicted to hang around at least through Monday. I'm down to just adding in a throttle cable, cutting the cowl and figuring out how much lead needs to go into the tail to balance that engine