Ko te waka tāutanga āwhata he mea tito mai i te anga waka, ngā āwhata o mua me muri, te anga-iti, te tēpu reti, te ringa mīhini, te papa mahi, te kaiwhakahaere, te ringa āwhina, te hiki waipēhi, me ētahi atu. He māmā te hanganga, he ataahua te āhua me te āhuarangi, ka taea e te tere taraiwa o te anga waka te eke ki te 80KM/H, he ngāwari te nekeneke, ā, he watea te whakawhiti. Ka taea e te taputapu kotahi te whakaaro ki ngā āhuatanga maha, ka whakaiti i te haumi taputapu, ka whakamahia te mana o te anga waka i te wā e mahi ana, kāore e hiahiatia he hononga hiko o waho, he tere te tāutanga taputapu, he rite ki ngā ringa karetao e rua, ka taea e te koki teitei o te ringa karetao te eke ki te 78 nekehanga, ko te whiu karu he 5m, ā, ko te tawhiti reti whakamua me te whakamuri whānui ka eke ki te 3.9m. Ka taea te tāuta tere ki runga i te āwhata taahiraa.
