Can a vehicle be built which can go directly downwind, faster than the wind (DDWFTTW), powered only by the wind, steady state? Thin Air Designs, in collaboration with the San Jose State University Aero department, along with generous corporate sponsors intend to definitively answer this question. Follow our quest.
The last mechanical piece of the propeller hub left to fabricate was the pitch adjusters. These are only adjustable between runs currently, but are positioned such that if we later decide to add run-adjustable pitch we can do so.