In our warbird group....we have a number of multi-engine warbirds......and @ one time had 2 "Ziroli" P-38's.....notice I said ....had........Mike had several instances of "Gear" difficulties...and if the grass is pretty nice....and that can change significantly from field to field.......a belly landing can be done.....but the rudders/vertical fins do become an issue.....it seemed that it was better to land alittle hotter without flaring to keep from damaging the tail.......I saw him do it a couple of times and there still was some repair work to do.....although minor in scope........one field in particular in Ocala, Fla.....has the nicest/smoothest grass that i've seen.along the paved portion of the runway.....I pinched a extend line on my P-51 gear and couldn't get gear to extend and did a belly landing and you could only see several grass stains along the radiator inlet.........OK....now......so give us the end of the story......already.............[sm=spinnyeyes.gif][sm=spinnyeyes.gif][sm=spinnyeyes.gif]