“WASHEE-WASHEE” ON THE SIDEWALK

In Moscow in the yard of the house № 11 on the 2nd Schukinskaya travel can often see the most incredible car designs, which are operated by boys and girls. And the amazing thing is that all this micro-technology they themselves have built. And the center of gravity of the infantile population of the yard — children’s technology club ZHKO research Institute of inorganic materials. Interesting about the machines that are created here, we are told in No. 9 for 1974 and No. 6 in 1975.

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TRUCK WITH MANIPULATOR

THE TRUCK WITH MANIPULATORThis universal machine with a capacity of 2.5 t built Ustinovich V. S. Stern Rostov region the engine of the machine from the tractor T-40: diesel, 4-cylinder, air-cooled output of 50 HP Frame from the mobile pumping stations, bridges and rear wheels from GAZ-51, the front wheels from mnogolemeshny plow, transmission from GAZ-53. Dump body and a manipulator with a lifting capacity of 1,5 t — homemade.

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ON “SEA SLED” ON THE LAKE

There is a perception that sailing is a lot of people with high incomes. Of course, in relation to racing dinghies and cruising yachts, this is largely true. However, from a small homemade ahtoska you can get no less pleasure than the solid cabin of a sailboat, the more it will cost you significantly less.

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UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE GRAIN

CONTROLLED — GRAINGuys living in rural areas, and many urban students know: before posting to the Elevator, harvested grain, until dried, stored at currents in piles. However, long contain so harvest is impossible: because of the increased humidity may increase the temperature inside the piles, and the grain will spoil. To avoid this, it is shoveled (inner and outer layers are reversed). And the time when the grain begins to overheat, determined by its temperature and humidity.

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GREEN “HAIR”

GREEN These guys have a lot in common. They all live in the Serpukhov district, their parents — farmers. But most importantly — they are all involved in the circle of technical creativity of the regional House of pioneers with the wonderful teacher Yevgeny Diligentia.

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BUILDING A CAR

BUILDING A CAR(Continued. Beginning at No. 10, 1975)
 
5. THE MOST CRITICAL NODES
 
Traffic safety and ease of control of desired self-made car, probably even more than serial. After all, “home” often run not too experienced drivers, and passengers do not have such protection, what is the serial car pressed steel body. So Amateur avtostroitel should pay particular attention to steering and brakes, and perfection of these mechanisms will have to achieve by simple means and without weighting of the car. The correct device of steering control and increase the vehicle stability, prevent excessive tire wear.

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THE TRACTOR BEHIND THE TRACTOR

The journal “modelist-Konstruktor” Simonov from the village of Saratov region. Podsosenki started reading twenty years ago. Holds a binder and writes it still. Loves to make homemade things to do with technology: collects tillers, tractors. These two tractors are the designs created in recent years. Both diesel. One (smaller) — with the engine from the Read more…