There are plenty of small planes with retractable gear. The reality is that it doesn't really matter. Landing gear-up is almost always survivable - for the peo

There are plenty of small planes with retractable gear. The reality is that it doesn't really matter. Landing gear-up is almost always survivable - for the people at least :-) Distracting someone with trying to find and operate the landing gear would probably be as likely to cause problems as it would be to help.