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Old 04-09-2013, 01:23 PM   #31 (permalink)
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You are an artist with cardboard.

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Just driving down a smooth road, besides gravity, I don't think there are significant forces at play on a properly shaped tail. The bigger issue (I think) is it also has to withstand a lot of sudden bouncing, jolting, jerking around over bumps.
When you're ready to move on to the next iteration, hang weight-lifting weights on the end and take it through a traffic-cone slalom in some parking lot.

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