E Z Peaces wrote in
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Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
E Z Peaces wrote in
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I've read about oleo aircraft struts at least as early as the 1920s.

Theyre not dampers, they're oleos and provide no damping. Shock
absorbers are something different and have a different function,
though tey're misnamed in any case, since its the springs that absorb
and the shicks, as they;'re called, prevent the energy stored in the
spring from rebounding the wheel off the road. Airplanes don't have
shock absorbers.

Here's an example:
http://www.hangar9aeroworks.com/Aero...oncastrut.html


Yeah, I know,. I was flying one a couple of days ago and I've had them
apart, too.
It does little or nothing to stop a bounce in spite of it's name. I can
also stater that categorically since I was training two ab-initio tailwheel
pilots in it.




Bertie