That is interesting as I would think the Milan has to be quicker than the DF (much better shape and longer). Has the DF got pants (wheel coverings)?
Yes, luvverly shiny carbon ones. I'll post a photo once they've finished uploading to Flickr. Like zis:
Peter's DF with Todd at the controls by
Mr Larrington, on Flickr
Todd clocked 51 mph over the short course, saying he needs a bit more practice with the steering.
So, Tuesday morning. Windy. Tokyo
still couldn't launch chiz, but everyone else got away OK over two short course heats and three long ones. Not everyone finished, though. Andrew Sourk had to pull up Triage on his first qualifying run because of a nasty rubbery burny smell that was threatening to make him barf, while Ken Buckley, having already done a warm-up on the short course, blew the rear tyre on ARION5 right at the start of the measured 200 metres and rolled the machine into the roadside flora. Ken OK, trike a bit bruised. The camera pod broke off but I think it's meant to do that these days after previous incidents with ARIONs1-3.
Yasmin pushed her
BRITISH women's multitrack record out to 52.92 mph before Ken rendered the machine
hors de combat and for once Andrea was not the fastest. That honour went to Fabien Canal in Altaïr 6 with a wind-legal 80.63 mph run. Nice.
My Sinister Agents tell me that the LBSU team have concluded there is no way they can make Velociraptor's steering behave itself in the current form so they are planning a major rearrangement of the internals, viz. convert it to RWD and replace the current front end with standard stereo forks, possibly by butchering the Optima Baron they've brought as a training bike.