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.
Other than the head/helmet, the pilot will be covered with a sewn up lycra piece stretching between the 'dash fairing' and the 'engine cover' and over the pilot's shoulders.