With the best examples of technical creativity S. P. KOROVIN, designer from the city of Kumertau (Bashkortostan), readers of our magazine are already familiar. In the “photo stitch” (see “modelist-Konstruktor” No. 1 2000) was presented his most famous design: the plane “Visit”, children’s car, seven-seater “Orbit-1500” and the water motorcycle (jet ski). Later readers appreciated another Stanislav Petrovich development company “askor” (“modelist-Konstruktor” No. 4-5’02). Now available “Marlin” is an improved version of the watercraft, published in “Panorama”. “Marlene” is superior to its predecessor in terms of maneuverability, comfort and design.
“MARLIN” PULLS ANCHOR
Today for all to see business people, lawyers and politicians. However, there is a sphere of activity for which time is not affected. In the General case it works, and in particular technical work. There are always people, which no adversity can shake their desire to Express themselves and realize their creative plans and projects. Often they are willing to sacrifice for his craft, his passion. And these people are not alone, their genuine enthusiasm is transmitted and other charges gives you the strength for the difficult creative process.
On the waters of the Urals in recent years began to appear a catamaran out of foam. They are unsinkable, easy to operate, durable and simple to manufacture. The figure shows the design of this catamaran. Dimensions: 3750×1600 mm, plate thickness from 40 to 150 mm, the height of the float 200 im and a width of 400 mm. Weight of 1 m3 of foam plastic is about 20 kg. Plates are cut on a special fixture with a nichrome wire heated to 200-250°, or on a special machine, the design of which is described in No. 9 of the journal “modelist-Konstruktor” for 1971.
Vacuum cleaner — large home hard worker: in addition to his primary duties, he can whitewash the ceilings, painting the car, spray the flowers. However, it is possible to “teach” to another profession, and fabricated a simple device by which you can “wash” of various carpets, placing them on the open plain.
The idea to use as a vehicle motor wheel is tempting. She became interested in members of the laboratory design of compact machines Cute Siberian branch of the USSR ninth-graders Sasha Titarenko and Vitaliy Molchanov. They were attracted by the compact device, no transmission and therefore no loss of mechanical energy in the intermediate links, that is, a higher efficiency motor wheel converting input electrical energy into mechanical energy and the transfer of the latter directly on the propeller — wheel.
In the third issue of our journal in 1968 published a description of the design of snake-gibralta for water skiers, created by the pioneer of this sport in the USSR — Alexander Casein. Over the years the enthusiasts of technical creativity — IV first skiers — produced a large number of these aircraft. Flying snake-gibralta for the boat or car for many has become a favorite form of recreation. There had also been a successful winter flying in the mountains. Muscovite M. Gokhberg, master of sports of water skiing, winter 1973/74 year was flying on a kite, accelerating on the ski slopes in the area Terskol in the Caucasus.
Say, in the Urals during the difficult years of chaos after the civil war an artificer built a car where everything was wooden, even the engine. However, if the wizard so the echo legendary as Leskov’s Levsha, here the use of wood instead of metal in the most important nodes in modern machinery: rolling mills, tractors, cranes, harvesters — not a legend, but a reality of our days.
The article “Acupuncture for metal”, published in the journal “modelist-Konstruktor” No. 2, 1974, provoked numerous responses, not only individual readers, but also many businesses and organizations. Editorial Board, ENEA USSR and VNIIST continue to receive letters and inquiries on the subject.
SMALL SPOOL, BUT PRECIOUS!
The car was conceived and executed as a valid simulator for the novice driver — my 15-year-old son Maxim that he could get it driving skills, and also to assemble-disassemble and repair the machine, mastering the technical “ABC”.