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Originally Posted by sendler
The lift (side) from yaw winds creating an angle of attack to the symmetrical airfoil of a streamlined motorcycle can be minimized by venting the resulting pressure differential across the rider's legs and lap. Which must be open for egress and holding the bike up at stops anyway.
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The Monotracer,fully enclosed,has no real problems with side winds.Long wheelbase,with lots of surface area behind the center of gravity,kind of like a arrow with feathers.The Monotracer turns into the wind,people who have been in it says its does the opposite of what you would expect.I really think ,looking at sales of high mileage[Toyota] vehicles,people will embrace the technology.I think a body like the BMW Simple concept packaged on a tilting chassis or 2 wheel motorcycle platform would work,safe,comfortable,incredible range with it 0.16 cd ?no matter what the propulsion.Lit Motors ,generated a lot of interest,whether or not they can deliver is to be seen.they are going to control the lean via the gyros.I always thought ,the best is the natural physics,no mechanical assist,but it is very complicated process and I'm not a expert on the physics of the steering input,lean etc internal,external forces etc.Learn math, guys and gals,at least you can come up with some numbers to work off of.
