Ok, so after getting some importing and texturing issues out of the way, ive run into another setback.

My front landing gear has 2 small doors that operate independantly of the gear, they lay opposite eachother and open down, allowing the wheels to exit the feusalage. the rest of the gear has a door permanently mounted. Anyhow, ive animated, re animated, linked, etc, and i cant figure out how the heck to animate the landing gear doors to work independantly.  either they dont move at all, or when  linked to the main peice, they follow the gears path, and stay in the closed position. is there some recognized name for landing gear doors, or what?

Please forgive me if the question sounds stupid, but ive searched everywhere i could posibly think of, and havnt had any kind of luck.