{"id":236,"date":"2006-01-07T14:04:37","date_gmt":"2006-01-07T22:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/?p=236"},"modified":"2006-01-07T14:07:15","modified_gmt":"2006-01-07T22:07:15","slug":"the-ultralight-flying-scooter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/2006\/01\/07\/the-ultralight-flying-scooter\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ultralight Flying Scooter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A local entrepreneur, Don Shaw &#8211; a Torrance, California resident, was featured in several news outlets with his latest invention: a flying <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ultralightflyingscooter.com\/page2.html\">scooter<\/a> &#8211; really &#8211; check it out.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ultralightflyingscooter.com\/\">The Ultralight Flying Scooter<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-images\/0601\/scooterfly.jpg\" class=\"right\" \/>The Ultralight Flying Scooter (TUFS) is the world\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s first flying and driving motor scooter! The most amazing aspect of TUFS is its combination of a 2006 Honda Ruckus scooter with the most popular, top of the line and up-to-date ultralight paraglider flight equipment. It encompasses the long time dream of a flying and driving machine. This uniquely handcrafted flight kit is revolutionary to the powered paragliding world, pushing the simple joy of flying to the next extreme.<\/p>\n<p>Because TUFS is considered an Ultralight Aircraft in the USA under FAR Part 103 (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ulflyingmag.com\/regs.html\">http:\/\/www.ulflyingmag.com\/regs.html<\/a>), a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.faa.gov\">http:\/\/www.faa.gov<\/a>) pilot\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s license is not required to operate this single-seat aircraft. TUFS is also Department of Transportation (DOT) (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dot.gov\/\">http:\/\/www.dot.gov\/<\/a>) approved. This permits the scooter to be driven on highways and streets when the vehicle is configured to road\/ground-mode.<\/p>\n<p>The 42 m2 tandem-rated paraglider wing that gives TUFS its flight capability has a comfortable lift capacity of 508 pounds during flight. This weight includes the weight of the pilot, fuel and oil, extra carry-on payload, scooter, and TUFS flight kit.  The maximum pilot weight should be under 210 pounds.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A local entrepreneur, Don Shaw &#8211; a Torrance, California resident, was featured in several news outlets with his latest invention: a flying scooter &#8211; really &#8211;&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":190,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,6,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aviation","category-california","category-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/190"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/capnbob.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}