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Old 11-29-2009, 12:11 AM   #16 (permalink)
jamesqf
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Originally Posted by Bicycle Bob View Post
You don't really need anything as obvious as a magnetic fingertip to draft at near zero clearance. The sonar rangefinder from a camera should do fine.
I don't think that's nearly as good. To get it to work at all, you'd need to interface with throttle & brakes so as to station-keep - and what if the semi you're auto-drafting on has better brakes than you?
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