diff -r 31c5f7e65259 -r 136e0708eda2 hedgewars/uGearsHandlersMess.pas
--- a/hedgewars/uGearsHandlersMess.pas	Mon Dec 23 03:15:39 2013 +0200
+++ b/hedgewars/uGearsHandlersMess.pas	Mon Dec 23 00:52:02 2013 -0500
@@ -2293,7 +2293,8 @@
         end;
 
     HHGear^.dY := HHGear^.dY + cGravity;
-    if not (HHGear^.dY.isNegative) then
+    if Gear^.Timer > 0 then dec(Gear^.Timer);
+    if not (HHGear^.dY.isNegative) or (Gear^.Timer = 0) then
         begin
         HHGear^.State := HHGear^.State or gstMoving;
         DeleteGear(Gear);