Even if it's very lightweight, it is going to require a much larger parafoil than the one in the illustration. That one would probably be too small for just the driver, without the car, propellor and motor. It's a simple tradeoff: more motor means higher speed and less wing necessary. Maybe they're hoping to get an awful lot of power from their motorcycle engine, but that's odd if it has been converted to diesel.

• Fri, 07/18/2008 - 15:17