Our magazine was one of the main popularizers of the recently emerged family of all-terrain vehicles – vehicles powered by low-pressure pneumatics. All-season, excellent cross-country ability, the ability not to disturb vegetation when driving through the forest or tundra – the advantages of vehicles of this type immediately attracted the attention of lovers of amateur Read more…
With the development of cooperatives in our country, the number of people wishing to apply their knowledge and skills in the agricultural sector, for example, in creating an apiary, raising rabbits or breeding poultry, is constantly growing. But enthusiasm alone is clearly not enough here – you also need to have the appropriate equipment, say, Read more…
Six years ago I received land for a garden plot, and the problem of watering immediately arose. Pumping water manually is difficult and unproductive, and the gasoline engine does not seduce you with its noise and smoke, and you won’t have much trouble with it – carry it, secure it, remove it and take it Read more…
The idea of water ski floats is not new, and yet such a projectile cannot be called ordinary. On the contrary, the sight of a person literally running on the waves invariably causes surprise among those around him. Apparently, the spread of watercraft of this type is hampered by the opinion that skis are not Read more…
Typically, garage doors have two heavy leaves that open outward. Every car enthusiast knows how much trouble they cause, especially in winter. Snow accumulates on the area in front of the garage, ice freezes on the doors, lock, and handles. You have to tinker a lot to get the car out. By abandoning the traditional Read more…
A modern city dweller cannot be intimidated by long trips: all types of public transport are at his service. Another thing is short everyday routes: to a kindergarten, a store, a workshop, a laundry… A rural resident, owner of a summer house or garden plot has to make short trips with cargo even more often. Read more…
Water, wind and sun are the most accessible and inexhaustible sources of energy that nature gives to humans. It is no coincidence that in recent years they have again received the closest attention from both science and industry, as well as enthusiasts of technical creativity and amateur designers. We have already talked about some of Read more…
There are a huge number of people dreaming of building walk-behind tractors, snowmobiles, microtractors, and cars. The number of devices under construction is tens of times less, not to mention the number of those built, much less operational. As a result, amateur designs that have been completed and work flawlessly are rare. The designs of Read more…
I love to design various homemade wheeled vehicles. I have already made, for example, a mini tractor-loader, a stylized replica of the Lotus-7 from a VAZ-2101, and a buggy with a 1.5-liter engine. And last winter the idea came up to build a small single-seat tricycle for the season. And this way – so that Read more…
Kharkiv residents have a long tradition of love for technology. Since the construction of the legendary Tractor, since the first graduations of the Aviation Institute, since the first pre-war work of the Kharkov DTS and the Palace of Technical Creativity. The city, saturated to the limit with industrial enterprises, research and educational institutes, could not Read more…
