Hi Pete,
First I must apologise to you for not knowing who you were or what you've accomplished. I too-often read forums where people try to be helpful but actually do the opposite by commenting on things they don't really know about or cannot prove etc etc.
I am still relatively new to FSX although I have been playing with Flight Sims since I was a kid back in the Amiga days so I wasn't even aware off the existence of FSUIPC, what it did, or that you had written it!
I also didn't know (or find on my various "Google-hits") last night that there were indeed actual separate functions available for GEAR UP and GEAR DOWN, so I apologise if I was a bit bull-in-a-china-shop. I am a real-life "IT Techie" and as a result can usually find a working solution to a given problem, although as I say I am still feeling my way around FSX. Most people (including me) would start at "OK - Ultralight Trike, here we go and work up from there (with a Mouse Yoke!) gradually building up and so on. I am now at the stage of having just purchased my CH Eclipse Yoke, CH Rudder pedals, TrackIR Pro and am *trying* to learn how to perform a cold, dark start in a 737-800 / 737-300. My how time flies (mind the pun!) when you are having fun!
To this end, I shall look at FSUIPC tonight to see what wonders it can bring! I think an add-on I installed the other day may have installed FSUIPC as well, I didn't know what it did at the time so I ignored it!
So much to learn, so little time in between work to actually learn it! :o)
Thanks Pete for your timely response, sorry I've rambled on a bit here - but it's nice to speak with someone in a "Community" who is actually helpful and friendly!
Cheers
James