What kind of landing gear should I use?

For my first RC plane I'm building an A-10 warthog with twin 64mm edf motors, foam, balsa wood, LW PLA, and carbon fiber body, double 3300 mah 4s batteries, and a camera mounted somewhere. I know thats a bit difficult for a first plane but thats the reason I'm building one and not buying one, for the challenge. I was originally planning on the landing gear being in its retracted position with all 4 inch wheels halfway sticking out, like the real warthog, but then I realized that I wont be able to use flaps for landing and the landing might be rough. I thing retractable gear is pretty much out of the question for me, so should I get some sort of larger fixed landing gear and sacrafice the drag or is my original idea better?