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Alex Tremulis' 1961 'Gyron' shrunk down. 
http://https://richardlangworth.com/...fordmillennium
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That's pretty sweet, honestly. I wonder if it was just a display piece, or if it was a driveable gyro car. |
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Now that's a wind tunnel. 
Testing a big rig.... sideways.
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This thread now has over 1,000,000 views! Amazing!
I think it is the most comprehensive list of interesting lower drag vehicles, that I have seen.
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It's very likely that the car would not turn. If un-gimbaled, it would turn, but then it would fall over. Visa-versa.
My dad watched test pilot after test pilot go to their death as a consequence of their aircraft's propeller acting like a gyroscope during turns. The plane would go one direction while the propeller went the other. Too close to the ground to bail out. Hartzell 'shrapnel' for the plane to negotiate. 
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Fuller said we don't understand precession because it is the only force one cannot model with one's own body. duckduckgo.com/?q=precession+bucky+fuller
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