THE MOUNTAIN BREEZE

THE MOUNTAIN BREEZENot so often at the winter tracks and the hills will meet snegohodnomu homemade equipment for children. This is mainly well-known industrial design of the “Chuk and GEK”. On some have low-power internal combustion engines. For all its obvious advantages, they also have disadvantages. However, avoiding discussion on the topic of “for” and “against”, look at the unusual layout of sled-monoskis with the motor.

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STRAPS LUGS

BELTS - LUGSWhich only tricks nor embark on the owners of automotive vehicles to prevent wheelspin, maximize traction from their mechanical helpers. Here and further weight gain traction at the expense of baletnogo of the goods and the transition to large diameter wheels and use of special (wide) tires with special raised tread, and even such non-standard technical solution, as a partial filling of the pneumatic chambers with water (“modelist-Konstruktor” No. 2, 1993). And, of course, vehicle wheels lugs, and a wide variety of designs.

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A MODEL THAT BRINGS VICTORY

A MODEL THAT BRINGS VICTORYAlmost ten years leading group Russian rocketmodeler-ing in the so-called sports classes is headed by an athlete from Magadan I. Shmatov. In his father’s footsteps is his son Anton. The last three years, he was the winner of the world championship among juniors, and in 1997 became the champion of Russia among adults in sports classes Ѕ6А and Ѕ4В. Today our story about the rocket with the brake band.

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DEBUT CLASS F1G

DEBUT CLASS F1GIn today’s post — the story of rezinomotornaya models of a new class F1G, technical requirements which can be reduced to two basic: the minimum weight of the aircraft without rubber motor 70 g and the maximum weight of the lubricated rubber motor 10 G. Models that meet these requirements, successfully designs and builds in aeromodelling circle of Club of young motorists profkoma OAO GAZ seventh-grader Kirill SHAGIN, who in July 1997 was the first champion of Russia in this class of models.

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THE TRAILER-TRUCK

TRAILER TRUCKTrailers for passenger cars, turning them into a small truck, particularly popular with rural residents and owners of summer cottages. Naturally they greatly facilitate the delivery of a wide variety of goods — sand and peat, sand and manure, bricks and gravel. It is a pity that load and unload their accounts entirely by hand — with a shovel.

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“SPACE” IN THE WAY

The journal “modelist-Konstruktor” already published materials created by skilled craftsmen in Altai region opposed two-cylinder engines with integrated gearboxes (No. 3, 1987, and No. 8 for the year 1989). Now — the story of the machine for which they are intended, as well as an improved engine, M-40, assembled from parts motorcycle motors IZH-P-4 and Il-W-5 and tractor “poscache” PD-10.

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TRIMARAN UNDER THE TWO SAILS

TRIMARAN UNDER THE TWO SAILSWhether on forces to build a yacht for the beginner to sailing matters, having in disposal only the materials from the stores “Do it yourself”? The main problem that he faced at the beginning of their labors, is the choice of design of the future vessel. Once a few years ago in a similar situation, I decided that the easiest way is to make the sailboat of the tourist serial portable kayaks. And of all the published canoe designs the most attractive seemed to me project boat-trimaran.

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A COMPACT CAR WITH CHARACTER ROVER

A COMPACT CAR WITH CHARACTER ROVER“When I recorded “Jisu” in the traffic police, major-inspector to find fault with the documents did not. I leafed through them and said: “let’s Go see your car”. Walked around it, looked under the hood, under the bottom, then sat in the cockpit and says, “let’s Go!” We got on the highway, ride. At the end of the major shows on the hill: “got it?” I’ll try, I say. Began to climb. Passenger my stiffened in the seat. Yes, and I was not myself — the slope is almost 45 degrees, almost lying on the backs… But “Jessa” — well, climbed to the top. Where now, you ask? Major briefly: “MREO”. Then quietly, as if to himself, said: “Here not even a single vehicle is not stopped. What else is there to check?!”… From the story of the designer of the vehicle V. A. VERBYLA

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REPAIR COMFORTABLY

REPAIR COMFORTABLEMotorists asked to get a shallow pit that allows you to perform repair of machines sitting. Energy and materials it takes much less than in the arrangement of any ie “polnost governmental” counterparts. And work convenient. Is a mini-pit in two parts: a sump with a slanted end (it falls under the car) and depth, equipped with mortise seat. Wall recommend to impose with a brick. If there is roofing iron, it is quite possible to do the lining and out of it in the form of a welded box construction. Not the best option (but more affordable) is to dig a wooden stand with a subsequent interior wall boards, plywood or plastic. But the bottom (if there is no soil water) can be left in excavation without any coverage.