INVENTING… THE WHEEL

...INVENT THE WHEELAt this stage of the work, outline the design of the actuator, which provides translational movement of the model. Let’s start with the analysis of the already known mechanisms, which are used in a large technique (Fig. 1). Under the terms of our problem, the most acceptable is the idea of using the wheel.

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ROVER-CLIMBER

THE ATV-CLIMBEREvery time lugging bulky geophysical equipment on mountain glaciers, I wanted a jeep. Finally it was received. And here we tracked the car-amphibians against snow-capped mountains… revved the motor and the machine, lost in the snow at the cabin, moved slowly. Ahead was the forehead of the glacier. Pretty flat for Hiking standards: degree fifteen. But the driver knew that the snow he did not take, and took the car sideways. In the middle of the forehead jumped out the caterpillar.

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ALL ABOUT THE MAP

ALL ABOUT the MAP“you Wrote Pankov Alexey Illarionovich, the leader of the group for karting at the House of pioneers city of Genichesk of the Kherson area. I appeal to you to help me and my kids in the construction of karts. Guys, after reading the materials about karting in the journal “modelist-Konstruktor”, came up with the idea themselves to build the map. But we have faced such difficulties: where to get tires for the map? Engine “JAVA-05″? Disks for wheels?”

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WALKING ELECTROACTIVE

WALKING ELECTROACTIVEThe idea of creating a small four-wheeled carriage with electric drive for pleasure trips in the picturesque surroundings of Peterhof came to us last year. Before that, we built two-wheeled machine as a drive unit used for electric drill, powered by a car battery through the transistor voltage Converter.

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FISHING? IN A JEEP!

FISHING? IN A JEEP!Winter fishing — an occupation for the most persistent. Try-ka in the cold to spend the whole day at the wells — there will not save any coat, no tent, no “forty degrees warmer”. However, indulge in a favorite hobby can be and in a comfortable environment. You only need to get a special all-terrain vehicle on low pressure tires with a closed heated cabin, in which all fit for his beloved winter fishing.

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MY TRACTOR — GARDENERS

MY TRACTOR — GARDENERSIn the publication “Model construction” many find useful for themselves, most importantly — a desire to do it yourself. In recent years I’ve done three walk-behind tractor and a mini tractor. In the design of the tractor used a two-cylinder 4-stroke engine UD-25 power 14 HP, added to the pulley to drive the oil pump NSH-32, as well as two modified transmission: engine from a motorcycle “Ural”, leaving her the I-th (working) and IV (transport) of transfer (this box plays the role of the gearbox), and the car “Zaporozhets”, providing her a second support and extending the input shaft.

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THE THIRD WHEEL OF A “TOURIST”

THIRD WHEEL What motorcycles and scooters are not built lovers side trailers! To “IAM” and “Sunrise”, to the old “Zundapp” and a brand new “Vyatskaya-Electron”. Don’t refuse to add a third wheel to his car and owners of scooters “Tula 200”. Moreover, the power of the engine of the modern “Tula Tourist” is quite allow. Unlike many such trailers design, proposed by Vladimir Kovalev from Bryansk, draws a bold design, to strict compliance of the contours of the shape of a scooter, reliability and modern technology for manufacturing of the body. So, the side of the trailer to the “Thule Tourist”.

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