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How many wheels does a helicopter have?

Do helicopters have wheels? I assume that they have wheels like planes do, but I’ve never seen them traveling anywhere except in the sky.

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Liz Jenson · Updated on
Reviewed by Shannon Martin, Licensed Insurance Agent.
Most helicopters don’t have any wheels at all. Instead, they are equipped with skids, which are long, ski-like pieces of metal attached to the bottom of the helicopter. These allow helicopters to touch down and take off without coasting, but the copter may still skid a little.
However, particularly large helicopters sometimes have
wheels
. In these cases, helicopters will have between three and six wheels in total, typically arranged in a triangular formation.
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