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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera View Post
And it can do it on a windy day.
(Here's an appetizer for you engineering nerds. You gotta cook the main course. Go to work boys!)

Long balloons or long ships...
The problems of side-thrust affecting these lengthy shapes are the same.
So work with nature.
Not against it.
A sailboat does just that, almost directly into the wind.
Take opposing energy and put it to use.

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