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.
Rick putting a radius on the rear hinge tangs so it won't hook the foam, but really the pic is here just because it's a good shot of the symmetrical airfoil profile on the pylons.