diff -r 37f0cd541c0a -r 72f6eda2f73a hedgewars/GSHandlers.inc
--- a/hedgewars/GSHandlers.inc	Mon Apr 18 23:26:28 2011 -0400
+++ b/hedgewars/GSHandlers.inc	Mon Apr 18 23:35:44 2011 -0400
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@
                 if particle <> nil then
                     begin
                     particle^.dX := particle^.dX - hwFloat2Float(Gear^.dX);
-                    particle^.dY := particle^.dY - hwFloat2Float(Gear^.dY)
+                    particle^.dY := particle^.dY - hwFloat2Float(Gear^.dY) / 2;
                     end
                 end
             end;