So do you think it would be a total loss after a wheels up landing on grass? Looked like it wasn't too rough. Then again with the prop not feathered I guess the engine might be totaled?
Actually, it may not have. The -50 is a tail dragger, but the mains fold under the wing the same as the -52. The tires retract under the wing so that they will contact the ground and roll before the wings/fuselage does. I'm told the Russians designed it in anticipation of the new pilot landing it gear up. I've also been told because of the "composite" prop they would hoist the plane up, drop the gear, put a new prop on and put it back in the air. I'm sure in some cases that worked, in others, not so much. I do know one guy (not me!) that did land gear up, he had to repair the flaps and put a new prop on it, but it was good to go after that.