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.
Blades on the hub and balanced. Wish we had room to spin it up -- we're about to pull the chassis back in the shop and start nailing stuff to it. This weekend we'll start that process.