My Tiger 2 seemed to be a puddytat! However, it requires a little more speed during approach and landing than the typical trainers, i.e., Alpha, Nexstar, etc. Do not be too concerned about the slightly higher landing speed as the Tiger 2 will hug the ground almost immediately after the main gear wheels touch.

Your description, 'ugly belly flops', seems to point at getting the plane too slow before it touches down, and it stalls. Also, it could be that its lateral balance (wing tip to wing tip) is off causing the heavy wing to drop at near stall speed. If memory serves me correctly I had to add between 1/4 and 1/2 ounce to the right wing tip of my Tiger. If you can test lateral balance on the ground or flight test it. At safe altitude reduce throttle to idle; slowly reduce the plane's speed by use of 'up' elevator, continue to increase up elevator, until the plane stalls. Neutralize elevator and smoothly add power to recover. If a wingtip drops, and its always the same one, this indicates a slight heaviness toward that side or perhaps a slight twist in incidence between the wingtips.

My typical landing approach would begin with a reduction of power (K&B 40, 10x6 MA prop) to about 1/4 at about the midpoint of downwind leg. Hold level (40 - 45 feet high) until after completing turn to base leg. Reduce throttle to 1 or 2 clicks above full idle and allow the plane to begin shallow descent. Adjust throttle up/back to control the descent, trying to be about 5-6 feet above ground as I roll wings level on final. Add just a touch of back stick to slow the descent, reduce throttle to idle, use aileron to keep wings level and rudder to adjust for left/right drift. A slight more back stick on elevator just inches above the ground, to keep nose wheel from touching first, and 'grease it in.' At least that's the way I always tried to land it, occasionally it was just as I describe.

Unfortunately, after over 150 flights, the Tiger 2 was destroyed when I dumb thumbed and performed a Comma instead of a Split S [:@]