During the Dalby Big Air I flew an Airborne Fun 190 with big pneumatic wheels (http://www.willswing.com/Accessories/wheels_main.asp - see the biggest Finsterwalder wheels on this page). While this configuration had a tough time going up wind, it was great for landing. Almost all the landing possibilities in the Dalby are are cultivated fields or pastures, it was not a problem finding a field that worked with wheels.

I really enjoyed flying on the base bar all the way to the ground without rocking up in the slightest (although when I got to the ground I was essentially pinned on the ground until I unzipped). One has the most control of the glider if they are on the base bar and rocked down. That's the way we fly them after all.

I would pull in on the base bar to gain a bit of extra speed, but I didn't gain much as I was flying a single surface glider. The perception one gets when coming into land this way with wheels is just a lot different than foot landing. I never worried about the landing itself after I got myself into the wind. The landings were rock solid and I didn't push out until I was about a foot from the ground. I sure wasn't concerned about flare timing as it was obvious when to flare.

It would be great if we could have large pneumatic wheels as a part of our regular equipment, so that we could as a matter of course land in this fashion. Unfortunately, they extract too high a performance penalty and are sometimes not practical in some landing situation - say sage brush covered country sides. Still I really appreciate my time using them and it taught me yet another perspective on hang gliding.