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Old 08-27-2010, 09:15 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Craig Vetter stopped his MC economy competition due to worries over crosswind safety. His current experiments employ ballast in the nose. Extra side area is never good in a crosswind, but the effect is much worse if the shape works well as a wing. I'd use a fairly abrupt transition from front to side, to have the shape stall at low side force, and other variations to keep the stall from being abrupt.
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