The age of the members of the “Planeta” young technicians station varies greatly: from elementary school students to graduates. And if high school students are more interested in serious equipment (motor blocks, snowmobiles, all-terrain vehicles, etc.), then for younger ones, light motorcycles are most attractive, so they can start it themselves and ride with the Read more…
It was named a hydrocart, although it looks more like a kind of water motorcycle. This sports micro-vessel was built at the Donetsk Regional Young Technicians’ Station in the “Small Shipbuilding” club. As the station director N. V. Vasiliev reported to the editorial office, the club is celebrating its fifteenth anniversary this year. At first, Read more…
The owner of a light moped (or, according to modern classification — a mo-vel, that is, a motorized bicycle), equipped with a D-8 engine, eventually notices that their two-wheeled machine doesn’t start easily enough, sometimes can’t pull uphill or poorly overcomes off-road conditions. And starting the engine with bicycle pedals, on the go, is not Read more…
To convert the motorcycle to a batteryless setup I purchased: an AC generator 43.3701 (from Minsk or Voskhod motorcycles), two thyristor ignition modules KET-1, a BKS-261.3764 unit, an inductive pickup, plus 12 V lamps and a horn. You can also make a 12 V generator from two G427 units taken off older motorcycles: use one Read more…
I propose a design for a gasoline-electric unit (GEU) “Firefly”, designed for charging batteries, powering lighting lamps and other DC consumers at 12 V. I developed this unit three years ago at the request of my friend, an avid hunter and fisherman. Since then, “Firefly” has been serving reliably, lighting his taiga cabin and helping Read more…
It’s nice to relax after working in the garden by settling comfortably in a hammock. Buying a ready-made hammock is no problem today, but a true craftsperson prefers to make everything with their own hands—especially when it doesn’t take much effort. And making a hammock is really easy. You’ll need a piece of any heavy Read more…
In recent years, DIY snowmobile designers have somehow forgotten about ski-and-track machines whose designs have been perfected by dozens of manufacturers across hundreds of models, and instead prefer simpler, more versatile all-terrain vehicles on low-pressure tires. Nevertheless, from time to time snowmobile enthusiasts design classic motor sleds as well, creating simple and functional machines. A Read more…
For water tourism enthusiasts who live far from large bodies of water—rivers, lakes, and seas—setting out on a voyage means first getting both themselves and their craft to the “big water.” That is why the craft must be mobile by design: foldable or take-apart. I faced a challenging task: to build a capacious, reliable, stable—even Read more…
The need to have a nimble and reliable motorized assistant at my personal disposal I (like, probably, many others in a similar situation) felt with particular acuteness when I became the owner of a dacha plot. There wasn’t enough strength and funds for a mini-tractor, so I decided to limit myself to a walk-behind tractor, Read more…
Despite the fact that industry produces many diverse small vessels (including yachts), the number of homemade boats built by amateurs grows year by year. They boldly experiment with various materials and use interesting technical solutions in their projects. The technology for building small vessels used today is the result of many years of experience. But Read more…
