yeah, I know the DSS guys are very much the typical engineering and believe the paper and preach it like the truth. I'm a mechanical engineer and know that paper only gets you in the ball park.
two of the blown axles I've seen were both preloaded launches.
I would however be extremely interested in going to R200 as would two of my friends. It's been on my back burner as I'd planned to see how far a cryo'd r180 would go.