Second, as I feared, the seating position puts the rider's weight on the tail of the sled, rendering the steering runner useless that is, unless you shimmy your butt forward, knees up, like you're having a 40-mph Pap smear.

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Placing the batteries in the floor of the vehicle provides optimum weight distribution to help enhance handling and allows for five-passenger seating by not intruding into the cabin space.

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The tablets helped the carrier cut 7 percent off the weight of planes obtained from parent Singapore Airlines Ltd. (SIA) even after a 40 percent increase in seating, Chief Executive Officer Campbell Wilson said.

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