Hi there,
cheers again from Italy.

Yesterday the blokart of Alessandro "Gassa" reached 75.4 kph on a flat surface - our "little Ivanpah" - in Sardinia, one of the main islands, together with Sicily, in Italy. The blokart was naked (no pod) with a 4 squared meters sail . The wind was about 30 kn, with gusts at 40 kn. Actually, the pilot was so oversailed that just after the record, sailing on free wind, a gust made him capsize. Well, the blokart needs some fix... the pilot is ok. Some pics on www.spazioforum.it/forums/tractionkite-about795-0-asc-0.html. On the same spot we're going to have a meeting on September. Now the challenge is on, so I'm thinking about some modifications to my Seagull MC.

Now my questions are:

- Don't you find pretty boring that FISLY has only an "unlimited" landspeed record? Wouldn't be better, interesting, challenging and funny to have different classes?

- A technical question. I've followed the Greenbird issue and I find one of the most interesting detail of the thing is the downforce generated from the upwind axle. Do you believe that at high speeds having mobile surfaces on the trailing edge of the axel - a sort of ailerons, differential, generating lift on the downwind wheel and downforce on the upwind wheel - could be an efficient way to prevent the yacht from tipping over at a very low cost in terms of drag? Silly question?

Thank you, cheers

Enrico