The term “autogyro” comes from two Greek words: autos — self, and gyros — rotation. In fact, they define the essence of this aircraft, in which lift is created by an airscrew-rotor that freely rotates under the action of the oncoming airflow, while forward motion is provided by a tractor or pusher propeller. The autogyro Read more…
Today, stores offer a huge variety of kitchen cutting boards. There are boards made of wood, plastic, glass, ceramics, and even marble. But despite such an abundance of items with a similar purpose, there is one crucial rule that any experienced cook knows: different foods require different cutting boards. One for meat and poultry, another Read more…
For V. Berezhny, a resident of the town of Valday in Novgorod Oblast, the summer cottage plot is located not far from the town limits, on the western shore of Lake Vysokodno. From home it is a half-hour walk. That is why Viktor Dmitrievich tries to spend his free time on the plot all year Read more…
For those who have not yet acquired a welding machine (WM), I recommend making one yourself based on a failed asynchronous electric motor. The costs are minimal, and as for the result… And there are quite a few designs that can be used to turn a scrap stator into a solid welder (see, for example, Read more…
In the cramped conditions of a city apartment, finding space for a bulky workbench is practically impossible. But mine, when folded, takes up very little room. What’s more, it is light enough to transport in summer to a garden plot and continue working outdoors. The workbench consists of two separate parts: a removable worktop board Read more…
Before you is not a corner of an ancient castle, but a hallway in the most ordinary city apartment. And the “castle” interior is the work of skillful hands, invention, and the fantasy of its owner. At the same time, the home craftsman did not have to hew stones, mix cement mortar, or buy bricks. Read more…
As soon as a child has learned to crawl, they are overcome by the desire to explore the surrounding space, where there are all sorts of curious things. And here parents are often helped by a well-known invention — a baby playpen. Its wooden lattice or rope netting limits the baby’s movement within this fenced Read more…
Some old friends once invited me to their dacha. A bike ride, a look around the garden plot. Then tea and a chat. I agreed and went one weekend. Summer, fields, a thunderstorm! Everything was planted, tended, and weeded. Inside the dacha house it was cozy and simple. But on the stove top there stood Read more…
The early nineties were marked by particular unpredictability — prices for everything rose not by the day, but by the hour. Of the buildings ordered for my country plot, the builders erected only the walls of a log bathhouse measuring 5×3 m without a roof, and then disappeared. There was nothing left but to finish Read more…
When preparing a rubber-powered aircraft model for launch, rubber breakage is not uncommon. As a rule, the secured strand, which has a lot of energy, then destroys the propeller and injures the modeler. Recently, many people have been using a protective disc made of plastic, metal, or plywood, which is installed between the rubber motor Read more…
