Kompozit skid iniş takımı tasarım araştırması hakkındaki bilgiler aşağıda yer almaktadır.

Rotary winged aircraft traditionally use one of two types of landing gear systems. The oleo-strut landing gear with wheels offers advantages of initial taxi and take-off run capability but at the cost of design complexity. Skid landing gears on the other hand offer simplicity in design and reduction in empty weight (WE). Currently skid landing gears are manufactured from metal alloys such as Aluminum 7075. The elasto-plastic properties of such metals offer significant energy dissipation capabilities during plastic bending. FAR Part 271 regulations permit yielding of the landing gear under limit load conditions. When subjected to crash loads, metal plastically deforms, absorbing energy and allowing the fuselage underbelly to crash in a controlled crashworthy manner.