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8th Dec 2009, 23:01

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Ian Corrigible

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Interesting. A number of OEMs are pursuing airbag-based systems (Boeing exhibited a MD500 carcass with such a system at AHS last year), but the lightweight honeycomb shock absorber is a new approach.

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