• CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
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    3 months ago

    Hmm. I guess that sounds lighter than springs. Do other aircraft have air-based shock absorbers?

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    Intended to be operated by inexperienced pilots with a minimum of 20 minutes of instruction

    Lol, so that guy isn’t even a pilot, either. RIP

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      3 months ago

      Depends on the aircraft if it has gas or hydraulic shock absorbers. Some lightweight aircraft just have torsion based shock absorption.

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      3 months ago

      Maybe even during a war they weren’t able to find any pilots wanting to use those things.

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        3 months ago

        According the the article linked it didn’t even pass the testing phase, because surprise-surprise guys kept crashing. That was the 50’s in peacetime, and the whole thing probably started because helicopters were the hype of the era and there was a lot of funding.