diff --git a/src/FDM/YASim/Airplane.cpp b/src/FDM/YASim/Airplane.cpp
index f2be3e0dc..f6ab1c610 100644
--- a/src/FDM/YASim/Airplane.cpp
+++ b/src/FDM/YASim/Airplane.cpp
@@ -637,10 +637,11 @@ void Airplane::solveGear()
         // Energy in a spring: e = 0.5 * k * len^2
         float k = 2 * e / (len*len);
 
-        gr->gear->setSpring(k);
+        gr->gear->setSpring(k * gr->gear->getSpring());
 
         // Critically damped (too damped, too!)
-        gr->gear->setDamping(2*Math::sqrt(k*_approachWeight*gr->wgt));
+        gr->gear->setDamping(2*Math::sqrt(k*_approachWeight*gr->wgt)
+                             * gr->gear->getDamping());
 
         // These are pretty generic
         gr->gear->setStaticFriction(0.8f);
diff --git a/src/FDM/YASim/FGFDM.cpp b/src/FDM/YASim/FGFDM.cpp
index c0aa05684..c2f612a17 100644
--- a/src/FDM/YASim/FGFDM.cpp
+++ b/src/FDM/YASim/FGFDM.cpp
@@ -175,6 +175,8 @@ void FGFDM::startElement(const char* name, const XMLAttributes &atts)
         g->setBrake(attrf(a, "skid", 0));
 	g->setStaticFriction(attrf(a, "sfric", 0.8));
 	g->setDynamicFriction(attrf(a, "dfric", 0.7));
+        g->setSpring(attrf(a, "spring", 1));
+        g->setDamping(attrf(a, "damp", 1));
 	_airplane.addGear(g);
     } else if(eq(name, "fuselage")) {
 	float b[3];