Landing Gear controls being weird

[Aruberikku]

Hey everyone,

I just bought Cliffs of Dover yesterday and it seems kind of silly, but I just can't get the landing gear to work properly... (I also installed a Windows 8 patch and the Team Fusion Mod if that matters.)

The default key to toggle it is G, which I'm guessing should just lower or raise it (depending on its current state), like in almost every other flight sim. But that doesn't seem to work.
The message on the screen cycles between Neutral, Down & Up; but most of the time it doesn't actually do anything.
When I start in the air in a quick mission I have to press G four times (cycling between neutral, down, up and neutral again) before it lowers the landing gear (and when it does it's painfully slow). After that I just can't raise it anymore.

I've tried changing the key binding, adding controls to raise/lower it separately, using the raise/lower manually controls. Both with my keyboard or joystick. I've also tried doing it by clicking on the gear controls inside the cockpit... I also turned off the Anthropomorphic Control, which I read gives some problems, but it doesn't help either.

I would really like to play missions where I have to take-off and land, but right now I either have to turn it off or give control to the AI for take-off/landing. Any help would be appreciated. Am I overlooking something?