{"id":3009,"date":"2011-03-29T22:32:55","date_gmt":"2011-03-30T05:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/?p=3009"},"modified":"2011-03-29T22:34:44","modified_gmt":"2011-03-30T05:34:44","slug":"craftsmanship-and-courage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/craftsmanship-and-courage\/","title":{"rendered":"Craftsmanship and Courage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last February, the blog reported on the low-cost<a href=\"http:\/\/cafe.foundation\/blog\/?p=487\"> Flying Flea formula, four-motored ultralight<\/a> that Nedo Lavorini built and flew.\u00a0 Unknown to your editor\u00a0at that time, YouTube has videos of the construction of what turns out to be at least three fuselages.\u00a0 That answers the question of why the aircraft flew with at least two landing gear configurations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Parental and Spousal Warning<\/strong>: You may want to view the video privately before allowing your children (or wife) to see the following.\u00a0 There is a bit of eye candy in Nedo&#8217;s workshop, and even the cameraman seems to be distracted momentarily.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"electra flea N3\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RZmNrvEqLRo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The flying video gives a new meaning to the term &#8220;tree hugger.&#8221;\u00a0 The Pulce Elletricca seems not to have a great rate of climb with its four 2 kilowatt Chinese model airplane motors doing their best to lift the 330-pound all-up-weight flea.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a heroic effort for the pilot, and the under $5,500 total cost for the nicely crafted machine is certainly admirable.\u00a0 It shows what a skilled craftsman with a sheet metal shear and bending brake can accomplish.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Vuelo de Nedo Lavorini\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BAHsDoTswNo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"facebook_like\"><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fcafe.foundation%2Fblog%2Fcraftsmanship-and-courage%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=500&amp;action=like&amp;font=segoe+ui&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:500px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last February, the blog reported on the low-cost Flying Flea formula, four-motored ultralight that Nedo Lavorini built and flew.\u00a0 Unknown to your editor\u00a0at that time, YouTube has videos of the construction of what turns out to be at least three fuselages.\u00a0 That answers the question of why the aircraft flew with at least two landing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,14],"tags":[240,244,247],"class_list":["post-3009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-electric_powerplants","category-sustainable_ga","tag-flying-flea","tag-nedo-lavarini","tag-pulce-ellectrica"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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