Has anyone made a landing sled..intentionally?

[katateochi]

Not quite the same, but I made some simple airbags for glancing/skidding landings on moons or planets with no atmosphere.

*vidsnip*

http://kerbalspaceprogram.com/cp-airbag-system/

I'm not sure how killroykill got those things to not explode at that speed/impact though, they are quite fragile at times. You could prolly coat the entire outside of your craft in landing gear and get away with something similar though. The landing gear is pretty tough if you can keep them attached and mounted. Maybe steel beams poking out like a sea urchin with landing gear and struts coating the whole mess. Dang, this could be a fun challenge!

^^ I was just about to say, "hey you should try chickenplucker's air bag system"

Its a seriously fun device. A couple of versions ago I spent quite a while trying to get the fastest survivable "landing" on Mun using them. managed to survive coming in horizontally at nearly 400m/s. Travelled quite some distance after initial contact but hey, it was a landing. I now have a probe system which basically involves chucking bouncing balls at planets, great fun in places with good hills.