JohnW,
I think the belly landing deal might not work very good IF that mini-Funtana has the original gearbox and engine that was the original "suggested power system" with the first Funtana/Edge's. At least mine seemed to be extemely fragile for a couple of reasons.

If those two models are flown with an outrunner and it's somewhat shorter prop, anything might work. But as long as that 12" prop is on the gearbox, the engine won't stop it from windmilling even when the engine is shut down. And if that "huge lever arm" hits anything other than air, it seems to kill either gearbox parts, or motor parts.

And my cowl was really beautiful, but really weak. I thought about flying mine without the gear but after seeing just how little it took to turn the lower part of the cowl into paint flakes and beautifully clean glass cloth (I would have thought that SOME resin would have penetrated between the inside coat and the outside gel!), I blew that off. I also costed out what it'd take to do a "prop saver" rig on that power system. I figured to heck with the prop, I was just BLOODY TIRED OF BUYING $65 MOTORS! and replacing gearboxes.

Hey.......... I sound mad, right? Actually, I'm not. That model taught me a bunch about these newfangled ARFs and this "new" RC hobby that I was just getting back into after more than 15 years. It was poorly designed and probably/maybe shouldn't have been released until they had the outrunner power system they're NOW suggesting.