The large family of pedal boats has been replenished with another interesting machine, designed by our reader – engineer G. Ovchinnikov from Dnipro. Ovchinnikov is a car enthusiast. Therefore, his main task was to create a pedal boat that could be transported on the roof rack of a passenger car. The bicycle catamaran is assembled Read more…
Maneuverable, compact vehicles are vital, especially in snowy and wooded areas. In some countries, for example the USA, Canada, Japan, this problem is solved by the production of small-sized machines such as motorarts. Our industry also began to produce such equipment: motorcycle guns such as “Buran”, “Amurets” and others appeared. However, these cars are more Read more…
Both at the dawn of the automobile and today, designers – whether amateur or professional – continue to try to set the car in motion using a propeller. For this purpose, both car engines themselves, motorcycle engines, and even aircraft engines are used. Paradoxically, the well-known ancient windmills can be considered the ancestors of many Read more…
It’s tempting, isn’t it, to leave your house on a velomobile, get to the nearest body of water and, rolling down from a low bank, continue moving along the water? This will become possible if you make yourself an amphiped, a universal transport that combines the advantages of both a velomobile and an aquaped. The Read more…
This ultra-light vehicle – a kind of “motorcycle” on an air cushion – was built in Bataysk at the city SUT. Its advantages are simplicity of design, high maneuverability and quite acceptable speed – up to 65 km/h. The propulsion system is especially rationally designed: the M-111 and Izh-P2 engines operate at optimal temperature conditions Read more…
The advantages of this car are structural simplicity, reliability on the road and high cross-country ability. It was built by Stanislav Khopshanosov from Yerevan. Residents of the capital of Armenia love cars and know a lot about them. We were convinced of this by trips through the streets of Yerevan with ErAZ design engineer Stanislav Read more…
The student design bureau of the Mari Polytechnic Institute named after A. M. Gorky is known not only in its native lands, but also far beyond the borders of the republic. Original snowmobiles, hovercraft, backpack aeropropulsion and other developments, which have been discussed more than once in M-K, invariably attract the attention of specialized organizations. Read more…
Club members from the Vologda House of Young Technicians named their microcar “Camel” for its high cross-country ability and unpretentiousness. Along with serial components (mostly from a motor scooter), the car also uses home-made chassis elements – for example, the front axle. Working on the machine allowed novice designers to gain not only practical skills, Read more…
Their paths diverged at the dawn of the automobile industry, and since then the lines of development have continued without intersecting until now… We are talking about a motorcycle and a car. The former have always attracted consumers with their speed, maneuverability, simplicity, and, most importantly, relatively low retail price. The only quality has always Read more…
The mini-house, which we will tell you about now, fits perfectly into any garden plot. If necessary, it can become the main or temporary shelter for you and your family (if you are building another large house). It is also suitable as a storage room for carpentry and plumbing tools, garden supplies. The construction of Read more…
