The idea of making a mini-truck based on the Ant scooter came to my mind a long time ago. While operating a cargo scooter, I encountered a number of inconveniences. The biggest disadvantage of the scooter was the third wheel, located in front and constantly making it difficult to ride on uneven country and forest Read more…
Our magazine was one of the main popularizers of the recently emerged family of all-terrain vehicles – vehicles powered by low-pressure pneumatics. All-season, excellent cross-country ability, the ability not to disturb vegetation when driving through the forest or tundra – the advantages of vehicles of this type immediately attracted the attention of lovers of amateur Read more…
A modern city dweller cannot be intimidated by long trips: all types of public transport are at his service. Another thing is short everyday routes: to a kindergarten, a store, a workshop, a laundry… A rural resident, owner of a summer house or garden plot has to make short trips with cargo even more often. Read more…
I love to design various homemade wheeled vehicles. I have already made, for example, a mini tractor-loader, a stylized replica of the Lotus-7 from a VAZ-2101, and a buggy with a 1.5-liter engine. And last winter the idea came up to build a small single-seat tricycle for the season. And this way – so that Read more…
One or two tracks at the back, two skis at the front, a seat for two passengers – this is what motorcars look like – the machines that are now making a triumphal march around the world. They are ridden even in countries where snow is rare, for example in Italy. Motor sleds have almost Read more…
The amphibious all-terrain vehicle was built over five years and first left the garage in 1969. Traveled more than 1000 km. Tested on rough terrain, on snow, on water, on marshy, sandy, clay soils. Tests have shown that the vehicle’s cross-country ability is almost universal. Dimensions – 2200×1200 mm. Weight – 200 kg. Maximum speed Read more…
The non-motorized gyroplane “Chaika” was developed by students of the Riga Institute of Civil Aviation Engineers and is intended for initial training, sport flights and the promotion of aviation technical knowledge among a wide range of young people. The low cost of this machine, ease of piloting and maintenance, reliability and safety – all this Read more…
What should you give preference when designing an amphibian: teach it to swim well, turning it into a boat on wheels, or let it run well on land and slowly overcome water obstacles? This is the first question that comes to mind for anyone planning to build such a machine. Almost no one can combine Read more…
Once I found myself close to a real steam locomotive of the LV series – the famous Lebedyanka. And I immediately felt life in him. Everything there hissed, made noise, moved, soared, seethed and clicked. It could not be called a machine or mechanism. The definition suggested itself: “Living organism.” I have never experienced such Read more…
The “Grasshopper” tricycle was designed and manufactured in the small-sized equipment design laboratory of the KYUT of the Novosibirsk academic campus by seventh-graders Anatoly Mikhailov, Viktor Krivonosov and Sergey Khakhtar. This is a lightweight, front-wheel drive car with a Sh52 engine and torsion bar rear suspension. The wide track of the rear wheels in combination Read more…
