The gate goes up

The gate goes up

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…

“Troll” – a business velomobile

"Troll" - a business velomobile

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…

Energy is for nothing

Energy is for nothing

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…

Tricycle Tulpar Mono Traik

Tricycle Tulpar Mono Traik

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…

GOLDEN HANDS OF KHARKOV (MICROPLANE KHAI-20)

GOLDEN HANDS OF KHARKOV (MICROPLANE KHAI-20)

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…

WITH BUILT-IN GEARBOX

WITH BUILT-IN GEARBOX

I was confirmed in my decision to build a walk-behind tractor after I read the article “Vyatich” (“M-K” No. 7, 1981). However, the design proposed by the magazine, despite all its advantages, did not satisfy everything. And first of all, I didn’t like the chain transmission: I wanted to make the transmission more compact, thereby Read more…

“FERRARRI” WITH YOUR OWN HANDS, OR THE COMMANDMENTS OF A DIY MAKER

“FERRARRI” WITH YOUR OWN HANDS, OR THE COMMANDMENTS OF A DIY MAKER

Now many people believe that amateur construction enthusiasts have disappeared from our lives. Forever, they say, they remained in Soviet times. This is a completely wrong opinion. Yes, today there are no structures supporting DIYers and modelers, as there were before. Numerous previously state-funded clubs and clubs have closed, the regular exhibitions of Scientific and Read more…

ALL-TERRAIN AMPHIBIAN

ALL-TERRAIN AMPHIBIAN

The amphibious all-terrain vehicle was built over five years and first left the garage in 1969. Traveled more than 1000 km. Tested on rough terrain, on snow, on water, on marshy, sandy, clay soils. Tests have shown that the vehicle’s cross-country ability is almost universal. Dimensions – 2200×1200 mm. Weight – 200 kg. Maximum speed Read more…