Is this a bug or a feature?

[frederf 0]

I've noticed that sometimes the Harrier landing gear gets stuck in the down position with no action menu option to "raise gear" when flying.

Is this a bug or is it possible to damage the landing gear from say a hard landing in the down position such that raising it is not (and designed not to be) raiseable?

[Staos 0]

Bug, this was in OFP too.

[jakerod 254]

I normally go with feature. Suppose its a matter of opinion maybe though, atleast at this point.

[Mogley 0]

I believe its a feature. Only has happened to me after a hard landing.

But what I dont understand is that repairing still does not fix it even though it fixes everything else on the jet.

[Universel 0]

This is not a bug. You just have damaged your landing gear.

The bug is that it could not be repaired, as in OFP

[smellyjelly 0]

At first I thought it was a bug, but now I'm pretty sure it's a feature. I think BIS should make another model showing the damaged landing gear though.

[frederf 0]

Well that's certainly a shame. It might be nice if the option to raise was still there but didn't do anything but instead made a 'broken' type grind noise or maybe had a hint to let you now the gear was broken. Real aircraft have fault lights that let you know when something's amiss.

Again a shame that the gear isn't fixable but thankfully gear stuck down is not a showstopper as you can fly all day with the gear dangling.

[Big Dawg KS 6]

This was a sort of half-assed feature from OFP, where if you damaged the landing gear it'd get stuck in a half-up/half-down position.

[Universel 0]

Yea, in OFP the consequences were much more dramatic.

The half retracted damaged gear made take-offs and landings much more difficult.

[Op4 BuhBye 0]

Well Id say Its a feature with a bug. You also shouldn't be able to do over 300knts with gear down with out dammage occuring to the plane.

[Mogley 0]

I have noticed the max speed does seem less with the gear down which is realistic. I once did try to fly as fast as I could with an undamaged gear to see if it would damage it as Op4 BuhBye correctly stated should happen when flying to fast with it down. I then tryed to retract it and it worked so it seems the only way to damage it is a hard landing.