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Mining energy from vehicle suspension systems 
(an eye for AWES applications)

Where they find the best response  in using regenerative actuators which are composed of linear DC motors is in high frequency. This best correlates in AWES to a tensed single-line flip-wing buzzing-style motion.

Whereas if you look to recover energy from the low frequency side sweep of a massive array (as in the multiple soft kites hosted under a Mothra), then you're better off driving a large fluid volume from a closed-system reversible-stroke actuator through a hydraulic motor--like in some of my earliest sketches.

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