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Old 12-18-2019, 04:39 PM   #285 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by redpoint5
If I were a contractor needing a truck for local jobs, the CT would be a serious consideration for me.
Were I a contractor, my job shack would be a 1960s Airstream Bambi with Tesla drivetrain retrofit and an inverted-U wing on the back.


aerohead: I can't explain how a fixed airfoil results in forward thrust. ???



edit:
I didn't watch paste the first commercial, and the guy is trying to be a jerk so no embed for him, just a link: We built a fake Cybertruck to troll Tesla.

But he comes up with a 'redneck' aerocap that is pure Cardboard [and duct tape] Aided Design.
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