Cipriani's 62nd-minute penalty made the score 21-9 but Irish gave themselves hope when wing Adam Thompstone showed an electric turn of pace on the wing to outstrip the Wasps defence.
Substantially more complex than previous aircraft, the new plane required the pilot to attend to the four engines, a retractable landing gear, new wing flaps, electric trim tabs that needed adjustment to maintain control at different airspeeds, and constant-speed propellers whose pitch had to be regulated with hydraulic controls, among other features.