My experience is that APC props and wood props are goners every flight, even when mounted to be hozizontal at touchdown. MA's always last until a crash.

I put a single 3/4" or 1" wheel on my Spads right at the firewall. Keeps the dirt & crap off the engine. Use 5/64" wire (2-56 Kwik link stuff) and bend it in a "U" shape with the wheel on it. Just above the top of the wheel, bend the wire flush with the bottom of the fuselage and use a needle nose pliers and make eyelets or "U" bends for screws. Screw it to the bottom of the firewall. Takes 10 minutes and takes all the landing abuse. You'll have to straighten it out after some landings. Can't tell the performance difference in flight.

If you're nosing in on landing, you need more elevator authority. I have one plane like that and the nose wheel takes the impact. This same plane can't turn as tight as some others in the air. I need to change the tail.