C210 PLT; DISTR BY HIS NEW SPD BRAKES; EXPERIENCES A PROP STRIKE DURING A NEAR GEAR-UP LNDG AT MEM.

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AT 2500 FT MSL OVER THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER; I WAS GIVEN A HDG BY MEM APCH THAT PUT ME ON A LONG DOWNWIND FOR RWY 27 AND TOLD TO MAINTAIN 2500 FT. I WAS RIGHT AT THE BASE OF THE OVCST. I SLOWED TO 130 KTS WITH 1 NOTCH OF FLAPS AND CONTINUED DOWNWIND AT 2500 FT (2200 FT AGL). ABOUT 1/2 MI PAST THE APCH END OF THE RWY; APCH TURNED ME ON A L BASE LEG STILL AT 2500 FT. I WAS HANDED OFF TO TWR JUST AS I WAS READY TO TURN FINAL AND WAS CLRED TO LAND. I WAS VERY; VERY HIGH. THE AIRPLANE IS EQUIPPED WITH SPD BRAKES THAT I HAD NOT YET HAD A CHANCE TO USE. I SAID 'NOW I CAN SEE HOW GOOD THESE THINGS WORK.' THEY WORKED VERY WELL AND I WAS IMPRESSED. I WAS GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THE FIRST TURNOFF AND SAVE A LONG TAXI TO THE FBO. AS I FLARED TO LAND; I RETRACTED THE SPD BRAKES AND SAID 'BOY; THESE THINGS ARE GOOD.' THEN THE PROP HIT THE RWY. I HAD FORGOT TO EXTEND THE GEAR. I WAS ABLE TO GO AROUND; PUT THE GEAR DOWN; LAND AND TAXI TO THE FBO; BUT I DID NOT WANT TO GET TOO FAR FROM THE RWY AND I CAUSED AN AIRLINER TO GO AROUND. THE AIRPLANE WAS NOT HURT; BUT THE PROP BLADES WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED. IN A NORMAL C210 WITHOUT SPD BRAKES; I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DSND TO THE RWY WITHOUT THE DRAG OF THE GEAR. I WAS DISTR BY USING THE SPD BRAKES AND FORGOT THE GEAR. EVERYTHING SEEMED NORMAL BECAUSE OF THE DRAG OF THE SPD BRAKES.