BUILDING A CAR

BUILDING A CAR(Continued. Beginning at No. 10 in 1975.)
 
TO ENSURE THE SMOOTH PROGRESS AND SUSTAINABILITY
 
This task is more difficult than a lighter car. There are examples where Amateur designers created the suspension of a small car accidental selection of the finished parts and the result was a hard, Bouncing ia insignificant rough roads, bad listen to steering the car. Meanwhile, considering some of the theories and to use the experience of designing “real” cars, it is possible to achieve good smoothness and stability.

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BOAT-BAUL

BOAT-BAULAmong the boats built by Amateurs for their own projects, occupy a special place, as we now say, a “mini-design”. To them, undoubtedly, belongs and the boat is”baby”, created by our reader from Kiev N. G. Tarasyuk. A sheet of plywood, a few pine planks, half a kilo of casein glue or epoxy is all that is needed for its production. The capacity of “baby” is such that allows the two to take a little walk, to fish and hunt. The boat sits perfectly on krasivom the trunk of the car, and for transportation provided manually miniature truck on one wheel from scooter (size 12(1/2)x2(3/4).

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DUTIL

DVUTILDVUTIL“It is easier to pull than push” — the ancients said. Indeed, what if leading and control functions to combine in one wheel and make it no pushing and pulling! In the classical scheme of two-wheeled vehicles (motorcycles, mopeds, scooters, etc.) the rear wheel is usually the leading, front of the same control.

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ASP-3: SNOWMOBILE FROM UFA

ASP-3: SNOWMOBILE FROM UFAASP-3: SNOWMOBILE FROM UFA“In the past I Aviator, wrote the Director of station of young technicians Ufa refinery P. S. Astashkin, and for obvious reasons I wanted to build a snowmobile that resembled a plane. After all, the best part of his life to aviation started at the flying club, finished in guards red banner assault regiment, which took place from the Volga to Berlin.

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RECUMBENT: HANDS AND FEET

RECUMBENT: HANDS AND FEETThe advantages of a velomobile compared to a bike known to all. First things first- it is resistance, and thanks to her and comfort (although relative) is also much higher. I want to share with readers design another simple and compact recumbent. In the feature I want to include the word “universal” because it allows the drive to connect to the work in addition to legs and arms.

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SADDLE AND HANDLEBARS — HELPERS PEDALS

THE SADDLE AND THE HANDLEBARS — HELPERS PEDALS“Dear editors!
 
Read in issue No. 7 article “Reinvent the wheel!”, long thought, what I’d like to see him. The picture I painted your project…”
 
Dima Kovalev, 13 years old, Avtomobilist, Vladivostok
 
“I read an interesting article about bikes. It is very good that the magazine raises the question of their modernization. I both hands “for”.
 
A. Brilev, electrical fitter, Kirovsk, Murmansk region.
 
“I was interested in the article about bikes, and I decided to fill in the form “M-K”…
 
Valery Ivanov, a student GPTU, Kurgan

PNEUMOSAN FLYING OFF THE MOUNTAIN

PNEUMOSAN FLYING OFF THE MOUNTAINWith the construction of a cable-chair lift (I think, the largest in the country) the natural boundary of beaver log became the most popular place of winter recreation for residents of Krasnoyarsk. At the weekend come here for old and young: skiing, sleigh rides, various improvised projectiles to be launched from the picturesque steep slopes.

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AND THE CARGO ON THE TRAILER

AND THE CARGO ON THE TRAILERWhen there is a need in the trailer for transportation of household goods, there is the problem of choosing which trailer to buy, good this choice was. That’s the only difference in price is not really felt, although the price was quite high. In the end I thought — and whether it is worth it to buy? So it’s not that complex device that was not able to do it myself. And the money will come in handy for something else. Of course, with this trailer is more of a hassle at check in, but the savings are worth it.

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ON THE ICE — IN TOW

ICE — IN TOWThe tug skater that I have built and offer to readers, is characterized by simplicity, reliability and high maneuverability on the ice. It can be made of the most abundant materials and simple tool at home. This will require the old motorbike and some spare parts normal road bikes. The production is in one week even if you work only in the evenings.

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“TURN THE HANDS!”

This call is present in many emails of designers bikes. “Somehow, browsing in the library of old magazines “M-K”, I came across a design velocipede with manual transmission. From that day, I had only one thought — to do”, — says Sergey Titarenko from the city of Nevinnomyssk in Stavropol region.

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