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Fix statement about Åland's wing sail and link to 2016 paper
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takluyver committed Feb 16, 2019
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- *Wing sails* are rigid airfoils rather than a flexible sheet.
They can be balanced so that changing and holding their position needs little
force.
- An *air rudder* steers by deflecting air instead of water. Åland sailing
robots use this in combination with a free rotating wing sail. (Ref paper)
force. Åland sailing robots have used a wing sail controlled by a smaller
tail wing, avoiding the need to actively turn the main wing (`2016 paper
<https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-319-45453-5_1>`__).
- An *air rudder* steers by deflecting air instead of water.
- *Multi-hull* designs, like catamarans and trimarans, have two or more hulls
side-by-side, with a gap between them. This can help make the boat more
stable.

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