Grimace
Well-Known Member
I'm speaking about ultralight aircraft here, just to be clear.
Rubber donuts, springs, shock cords, and spring steel gear all suffer the same problem - fast rebound. The solution is air oleo struts, but those are heavy.
Would it be possible to engineer (or aquire) an off-the-shelf memory foam type of solution that could even offer a good fraction of the benefits of an air oleo strut set up without the weight and cost?
Of course, the memory foam you use on your seats would be too soft, but I'm thinking of something more along the lines of what they wrap NFL goal posts or high school gym walls with. You could possibly even use it in conjunction with a spring.
Rubber donuts, springs, shock cords, and spring steel gear all suffer the same problem - fast rebound. The solution is air oleo struts, but those are heavy.
Would it be possible to engineer (or aquire) an off-the-shelf memory foam type of solution that could even offer a good fraction of the benefits of an air oleo strut set up without the weight and cost?
Of course, the memory foam you use on your seats would be too soft, but I'm thinking of something more along the lines of what they wrap NFL goal posts or high school gym walls with. You could possibly even use it in conjunction with a spring.
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