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Originally Posted by bombloader
Bad idea if your worried about crosswinds. A vertical fin would tend to turn the vehicle into the wind, like a weathervane. This is why airplanes have them, it keeps the nose pointed into the relative wind. You want a car or motorcycle to stay pointed down the road, not swerve into the wind. Besides, you would add drag.
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If the car is going to yaw,then this is the preferred way to do it.Cars are designed such that the center of pressure is always behind the CG,so in a wind gust,should the car yaw,it DOES turn into the wind,cancelling the yawing-moment.Otherwise,as the nose turns with the wind,it catches more air,increasing the yawing-moment,and can reach such strength,that the steering is overwhelmed and you crash.