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The wheels of an airplane. Sometimes replaced by floats or skis.

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Is it feasible to recuperate energy from landing aircraft by using a runway sled with regene...

As others have mentioned, there is an issue in terms of what you get back, and the complexity and cost of building a sled to catch the airplane. But there are other issues as well which will be affect …
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Has there ever been a seaplane with inflatable airbags rather than traditional pontoons?

There was an attempt made during the 1950s to build a sea-plane fighter jet with retractable water skis (the Convair F2Y Sea Dart). The basis for the idea was that supersonic fighters were bigger and …
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