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Old 10-01-2014, 09:00 AM   #12 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by elhigh View Post
I'm watching the race, thinking about an aerocap on the bed. Uniquely, it would be taller than it is wide. Uncharted territory, not so much a kammback as a kammfin.


Ley T6 by Paul Jaray, 1922.

Unstable in side winds, but developed into such favorites as the Tatra 77 and 87.

Maybe those findings could be combined with Craig Vetter's Freedom Machine weight balancing. A stable, narrow four wheel vehicle may come out of it.
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