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Old 01-04-2021, 03:43 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by freebeard View Post
That's a knock on the Dymaxion. Bucky claimed the cross-wind twitchyness could be driven out if the driver/pilot (it was an omnidirectional transport, he considered it ground taxiing) was properly trained. IIRC the yaw was into the wind, not downwind.

Myself, I'd go to a triangular hull like the ME-262 or Evation ALICE.
yes, I'd be pretty confident that any shape like the Dymaxion or The Template would have pretty bad lift / yaw stability characteristics.
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