True, no matter that mid wing configuration gives less drag, more penalty come from the difficulties with landing gear. If you put it in wing, you need long strut and this mean weight and in other hand there is also problem where to put it in wing (this make another problem with structure stress and weight penalty). Other solution is to put landing gear in fuselage (like in Wildcat) but this give narrow track and this mean taxi problems. Options are inverted gull wing (like Stuka and Corsair), where on lover point is mounted landing gear or smaller length. As you guess- gull wing have this braking point which have to be secured by additional bolts and hinge and this mean weight penalty.
It was a real nightmare to make good fighter!
