The Flying Kiwi streamlined sidecar project continues on. If you Google "go flying kiwi" you can read the history of the project before it came to America from New Zealand.
After running at BUB last year I got bit by the salt bug but good. So a plan to make the vehicle both faster and safer was hatched. I went down to Elmo and had a brief visit with Kent R. and made a date for him to have a looksee after BUB. I kinda knew what I wanted to do, and after reading and re-reading the SCTA rule book, what I HAD to do. The how to get there was really all Kent R., Dustin V. and Randy N. I'll be posting pictures in the build section later. The chassis has been comprehensively reconfigured. The wheel base stretched 10 in., engine moved aft a bit so a turbo can fit in later. The original spine frame was discarded in favor of a perimeter type that will allow the pilot/rider to recline with his noggin under the roll hoop. This will allow the fitment of a canopy as was originally in the design at the wind tunnel stage. The boys back in the land of the long white cloud couldn't find a good enough plastics fab guy in the allotted time, so ran with out one. They set the FIM record at 272kph with 175 rwhp with their head in the breeze.
The fire system, data logger, removable rear frame section, parachute, steering system, fuel cell, bulk heads, bigger radiator and oil cooler round out the rest of the changes so far. I'll leave the good old GSXR 1000 alone for now and see how we go, get some time on the chassis and time on the pilot.
