thanks guys.

I have tried slowing the gear channel down to a crawl and a few speeds in between. But there are two things I cannot make work:
1) the gear servo rotates the whole time, there is no delay to start or pause after stopping as a middle sloped curve should do...I thought if the servo position point is a flat line that the servo should not move until it reaches the slope of the curve at x%....
2) Getting the door to switch properly up-down-up, I was thinking about switching in a servo, I will try that next.

Is anyone using an electronic valve with these sequence curves?

Thank you again for your help. Fortunately I can fly if I ever get it done the way I have it but I went through the extra plumbing to have a nice scale approach, lights on, flaps and gear down and doors closed!