ELEGANT NATASHA

ELEGANT In recent years, publication in the journal “modelist-Konstruktor” of the Amateur autocostruzione Willy-nilly suggests that homebrew almost refused to create a full character, complexity and depth of cars in favor of predominantly simplified in design “midget” two stroke engines. We are glad to inform that this is not so. Proof of that is created by our reader V. Revoluta from Stavropol NRA beautiful design passenger car “Natasha”.

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HEAVY TANK is-7 (“object 260”)

HEAVY TANK is-7 (In the postwar period the plans for the organization of our armored forces military experts associated primarily with the latest heavy tank is-3. Commercially the tank was produced at the Chelyabinsk Kirov plant in 1945-1946 very fast pace. So, in the summer 1945 issue was, for example, 250 items per month. There were manufactured 2305 machines.

However, in the beginning of the service in the army revealed a number of fundamental flaws. The fact that many of the mechanisms and units, the is-3 proved to be unsuitable for prolonged use in peacetime because of the very low reliability. Apparently, affected the calculation of the short military life of machinery, which lasted in combat just a few weeks. Therefore, after 1948, they were subjected to alteration and modernization program of eliminating design flaws at the same Kirov factory in Chelyabinsk.

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THE ERA OF THE TRANSATLANTIC CRANKSHAFT

THE ERA OF THE TRANSATLANTIC CRANKSHAFTIn the nineteenth century, the United States became a real “worker” in the field of underwater shipbuilding. To a large extent this contributed to the Civil war in which both sides actively tried to use all conceivable technical tricks. However, the “underwater Express” has typed a full speed not immediately. After the second (and, as it turned out, last) war against England came decades latent fermentation of thoughts, not often manifested in the final product. Only in 1851, a curious enthusiast, Lodner Phillips issued the first “product”, so to speak, of the new bottling. 26-year-old inventor came from a quite land of Indiana, had no formal education, knew little of the experience of his predecessors, and his main profession was… Shoe business. And available funds had virtually no.

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ELECTRICS – THIS IS PROMISING

ELECTRICS IS PROMISING

In the previous issue of “Modeller-designer” followers of aeromodelling was able to gather information about competition rules and guidelines in the new are gaining wider appreciation, direction of technical work — the electrics. I hope that no less favor in entering new theme will bring and a brief description of a few specific successful models that can serve as a kind of “reference point” in the design of this promising technique will become a basis of creation of similar machines. Moreover, the presented model of precisely those classes that are cultivated at present in our country.

ROCKET FIGHTER TANKS

ROCKET FIGHTER TANKSIn 1957 the Soviet Union began to develop missiles for army vehicles. In the Kolomna Design office of mechanical engineering B. Shavyrina studied the possibility of equipping tanks missiles as additional weapons to the placement of missile launchers on the tower. In Bureau of the Chelyabinsk tractor plant, headed by P. Isakov, the Leningrad Kirov factory, headed by Zh. Kotin, “Uralvagonzavod” by L. Kartseva was carried out design work and testing of rocket tanks.

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“MUSCLE ERA”

It would seem that after Robert Fulton managed to create an almost working submarine, the diving business had to go forward with good speed. However, the main engine of progress in this area was the war, and after the bloodiest of the Napoleonic era in Europe and America came a lull. Of the immediate followers of Fulton can be mentioned is that the brothers Kössen, who had just “to the table” and built in 1810 in Le Havre an obvious rip-off of the first “Nautilus”. (Actually, the brothers did not hide a “source of inspiration”, even naming his creation “the Submarine Nautilus”).

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THE ROCKET PLANE, BRINGING PRIZES

ROCKET, REWARDING

For the past three years an enviable stability in the class 84В shows Moscow racemode-sheet O. the ravens. It was not the case, so he did not became the winner. So the next championship of Russia, held in Orel, Oleg took the second place. To a large extent the key to this is the reliability of sports “projectile” rocket plane. N addition to the model, there is absolutely oryginalny automatic forced landing. I hope that this design will interest our readers.The proposed model is a bright representative of the so-called “Moscow” scheme raketoplana. Fuzuli — tapered beam of plastic. Its manufacturing technology Tenova. On the mandrel of variable cross section with a diameter of from 4 to 8 mm is wound first single steklotarny layer with a thickness of 0.06 mm, then the first layer of carbon fabric with a thickness of 0.12 — 0.14 mm and the second, just a length of 160 mm. then applied another two layers of glass, all carefully vyshkurivaetsya. The weight of finished beam is obtained in the range of 1.5 g.

THE VICTORIOUS CAMPAIGNS OF THE U-402

THE WINNING CAMPAIGNS, SCH-402The message of the Soviet information Bureau was, as usual, short: “” N ” the submarine of the Northern fleet under the command of Lieutenant Stolbov entered in the fascist of the harbour and attacked the transport with a displacement of 6 tonnes. Torpedoman Melnikov two torpedoes blew up the enemy ship. The submarine returned safely to their base”. This is the first military success of the Northern fleet in the great Patriotic war fell to the lot of crew of the submarine U-402, which is 14 July 1941, entered Porsangerfjord and destroyed the transport ship of the enemy. The first step was made. But the “four second” had many difficult hikes, and each demanded that the crew maximum impact spiritual and physical strength, bravery, courage and resourcefulness.

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IN SPITE OF THE AIR FLOW

IN SPITE OF THE AIR FLOW“Aerodynamic” Chrysler Airflow. Biography of Walter Chrysler of the typical American entrepreneur. Before creating his own company, he has worked as an assistant locomotive engineer, and Manager of the American locomotive company and the General Director and company President of Buick and Vice-President of General Motors, and President of the company Willys-Overland, and head of Maxwell-Chalmers. However, the first private car appeared Walter Chrysler only in 1920 when he was 45 years old. To get acquainted with his design, just before he tore apart and then reassembled it, and only after that decided to get behind the wheel.

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“SUBMARINES” IN INFANCY

The idea of the hidden attacks of the enemy on the water appeared almost simultaneously with the emergence of military courts. The desire is understandable: a sudden attack could even the odds is weak compared with the obviously more powerful enemy. Night actions, the use of disguise and another flag for convergence followed a decisive volley or boarding why not just take resourceful sailors. But all receptions of this kind was a typical Amateur. So the temptation to have the technical means to “secret rendezvous” and the strike is more than understandable, as well as persistent search for ways, how is the desire to exercise.

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