Firebugs

Still have this going on. As well the glare/reflections are a bit overdone. The rest of the interior is awesome but this makes the plane a tough choice to fly.

In all variants of the P-47 on all maps that I've tested, the landing gear is damaged when the plane is lowered down after repair. The only way to sometimes avoid this issue is to completely empty the plane of fuel and ammo (obviously this doesn't work if you have any oil/fuel leaks because the ground crew won't touch you until you're repaired). This adds several minutes of unloading then re-loading to get a repair. Earlier this year there were a series of changes to the landing gear (bouncy, then explodey, now it breaks upon repair), and this plane has been like this for months now. Some attention to this issue would be greatly appreciated by everyone that flies the P-47. V/R Firebugs

Aye, this has been the case since a series of updates on the landing gear earlier this year. First change I remember was a little bouncy and explodey, then it was changed again to be less bouncy but the gear is much more easily damaged, most notably upon repair when dropping down after repairs are finished. As was mentioned above this can be somewhat mitigated (most/some of the time) by completely emptying ammo and fuel load before attempting repair. However, this option is not available if the aircraft is leaking fluids (ground crew won't re-arm), in which case you're screwed. I haven't tested different maps, but Normandy 2.0 (only map I routinely fly this aircraft on) is pretty much a guarantee it will happen with fuel on board.