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Old 12-18-2009, 05:12 PM   #46 (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.
edit, oops, not on the front. that won't work as it would have to move into the direction of the wind and probably add to the effective side camber in the process.
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