REPAIRING THE BODY

REPAIRING THE BODY

It is known that the car repair the most common and time-consuming are body work. This files most often have purely mednitskii techniques, aligning mutilated steel shell with mallets, rubber or polyurethane hammer and finishing operations carrying out with soldering tin or lead. I can say that I have long abandoned this technology in favor of proven on dozens of dents and holes technology using epoxy resin, filler and fiberglass.

THE FATTY TYRES THE BIKE

FATTY TYRES THE BIKESince ancient times it was believed that one who follows the advice of an old Russian proverb: prepare sleighs in summer, and in winter the cart” without any doubt, can be considered a good, zealous master. Carried away almost ten years Cycling, I have always been fixing his “iron horse” and a complete set his spare parts in the winter. However, the last couple of years to do it neither winter nor summer has become almost impossible, because to buy in stores details possible only through happy accident.

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GENTLE TRUNK

GENTLE TRUNK

There are many clamps to secure the roof rack of the car. However, quite comfortable and no unsightly gutters on the roof I did not have to meet. Offer readers the “M-K” I developed the design of the locking mechanism of the trunk. It was developed with the proviso that in the manufacture of trunk with such clamps can only use the locksmith tools.

HOW MANY IN THE TANK!

HOW MUCH IN THE TANK!

How much fuel in the tank! This question always concerned the driver of the car, and the motorcyclist and the pilot of the trike. And if the vehicle with varying degree of accuracy to this question can be answered, then the rider or the pilot of a light aircraft to make it much more difficult. Offer device DPJ alarm on the minimum remaining fuel in the tank based on reed switch contacts, operating on the circuit. As you know, under the influence of permanent magnet on the reed switch contacts are closed they are to be used to enable the audible signal and warning light.

FROM “RETRO” TO “FUTURO”

FROM Article with a similar title, published in No. 10 of 1993, caused, as we expected, the increased interest of readers. And it caught the interest of car designers-the homebrew, discovered many useful principles in the design and development of the author by Y. Dolmatovsky. That’s why we asked him to tell the magazine about a later project cars railroad layout, created not without influence of the famous “Whites” and to share with automodellini of experience in the design of vehicles of this class.

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SHOWER FOR CAM

SHOWER CAM

Engine classic Vase (2101 -2107) is very reliable and durable unit, easy to operate and easy to maintain. However, he has his own “Achilles heel” — the camshaft, it is highly suffering from the so-called oil “starvation”, which occurs sometimes in well-warmed-up engine in two cases: when the oil is thoroughly liquefied, or when badly worn out oil pump and other components.

AS I DO MOTORCYCLES

HOW DO I MAKE MOTORCYCLES

The motorcycle design is not less exciting than any other vehicles. Besides the motorcycle, which are, in fact, the bare concept of a self-propelled mechanism, requires greater design sophistication, inventive gift and sense good mechanic. Offer the reader the court their ideas on how to design a homemade motorcycle. I can say that some experience in this kind of work I have: in the competition “Motosam-90” was presented to my homemade — eighth — motorcycle in the picture that readers can see the report from the review in No. 2, 1991. The photographs presented on these pages, three motorcycle my design. One of them is the latest and most successful — I want to tell the readers.

IN HARNESS – INTROTSIKL

IN HARNESS - INTROTSIKLIn October 1996 in the Udmurt Republic celebrated the 65th anniversary of the system of children’s technical creativity. In 1931 in Izhevsk was opened the first children’s technical station, later received the status of Republican. Over the years many students RSUT became heroes of the Soviet Union, doctor of technical Sciences, honored workers of science and culture, managers of industrial enterprises, masters of sports. Best work 236 young technicians Udmurt Republic were awarded medals VDNH USSR, many leaders awarded gold and silver medals, received the title of laureates of the NTTM, 42 pupil participated in the international exhibitions in Japan, France, Germany, Belgium and other countries.

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COMFORT ON TWO WHEELS

Car and motorcycle appeared almost simultaneously and peacefully coexist for more than a century. From time to time attempts have been made to combine the merits of both vehicles in a single two-wheeled machine. Indeed, it is tempting to create the crew is as comfortable as the car, and as cheap as a motorcycle…
Offer readers a structure such automatised — wheeled “Mustang-350”. I hope that this car will attract the attention of not just enthusiastic homebrew, but also a professional car and Motostroitel.