[Gordon Steadman]

All my best handling cars are sidewinders. Gears revolving in the same direction, weight over the wheels etc. etc. I assume that anglewinders started as the motors of the day wouldn't fit between the wheels and running at an angle was the nearest thing. I can see no other technical reason for doing it as, is theory, the weight distribution becomes unbalanced.

Given the choice that's what I do but inlines can be made to handle pretty well too. Only way to be sure is try it!