Owners of a motorcycle with a sidecar often wonder how to increase its payload. An original solution was proposed by our magazine’s reader A. Tatarnikov in his article “The Obedient Trailer,” published in Modelist-Konstruktor No. 12, 1992. The design of his motorcycle trailer with an offset hitch and a track matching that of the towing Read more…
I have long been a fan of the magazine “Modelist-Konstruktor”. Back in my school years I was into aircraft and rocket modeling and made kites. Small-scale mechanization also attracted me. I dreamed of some kind of tractor, especially when I had to dig the garden by the house by hand. After graduating from the institute, Read more…
According to the “table of ranks,” the Gran Turismo class covers comfortable, high-speed cars in a sporting style, intended for long-distance travel on motorways. Soviet industry never produced anything of the kind, and there were almost no high-speed roads at the time. Even so, such cars were built by amateur designers to individual projects (and Read more…
No one in the small gardening cooperative near Bryansk suspected anything miraculous. The gardeners had only one thing on their minds: extracting water from wells. In hot weather, every able-bodied resident was tied to the heavy handles of cast-iron pumps. They had to pump bucket after bucket to water the thirsty seedlings. One of the Read more…
You can’t carry much cargo on an ordinary two-wheeled bicycle, even if it has a luggage rack. Meanwhile, bicycle owners often need to do just that. So it is a good idea to make a trailer for the bicycle. The design of such a two-wheeled trailer was described by Zbigniew Hennel and Andrzej Fedoruk in Read more…
What is the mini-tractor “Muravey” like? What lies behind its pleasing, eye-catching forms? Indeed, the kinematics here fit the designer’s concept perfectly. The engine is a single-cylinder, two-stroke, air-cooled unit rated at 14 hp. It was taken from the Tula-200 motor scooter. The clutch is multi-disc, running in an oil bath. The tractor is fitted Read more…
All work on a homestead or summer cottage plot is a combination of construction, transport, and purely agricultural tasks. And if, to make the latter easier, you can buy various small-mechanization tools — from a motor cultivator to a mini-tractor — then for all other work, only a trailer for a passenger car, a cart Read more…
No sooner do rivers and lakes clear of ice than thousands upon thousands of water-tourism enthusiasts begin preparing for the new season. They take their “folders” and “inflatables” out of storerooms and garages, and bring yachts and boats out of winter storage. Those who live near the water or have a car at their disposal Read more…
As soon as the bright spring sun drives the snow off the icy shell that has locked rivers, reservoirs, and lakes in place, colorful sails appear on natural ice courses. These are ice boats. Any reader can become an ice boater — anyone with metalworking and carpentry skills can build an ice yacht. The ice Read more…
In different regions of our country, the soil is cultivated in different ways. Soil and climate conditions naturally leave their mark on the designs of small-scale mechanization tools developed by owners of household plots. Some build micro-tractors and motor blocks designed for use with a plow; others build motor tillers. Our reader from Sverdlovsk Oblast, Read more…
