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Old 12-18-2009, 01:59 PM   #43 (permalink)
dcb
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a rudder on the back and/or front to cancel out the torque moment caused by the side wind/camber effect might help too. getting a computer to control it based on wind speed/direction + vehicle speed might not be too challenging.
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