The best type of gear for making really great hammer-on landings, the kind that could actually strike crude oil if there is a vein under the runway TDZ, is that on the DHC-8 Classic.
It is a 12-foot-long metal stick with a pair of wheels attached to the end, jammed up into the wing.
No matter WHAT you do, if there is even a gnat's you-know-what of residual crab at touchdown, those sticks will send a shudder through the entire airframe that creates a nice S-wave. This culminates with the cockpit door making a lovely "THWACKACKACKACK!!!" sound, like the "cracker" on a bullwhip.