“COCOON” IN THE SNOW

In the late winter of 1974, on the snowy fields near airport “Domodedovo” there was an unusual car, like the egg of a magical bird, the ROC, or a giant cocoon. Leaving behind clouds of snow dust it with remarkable speed glided across the plain and easily overcome the pretty steep climbs. Maneuverability it aroused universal surprise: a complete course “cocoon” was unfolding just in one place!

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HELICOPTER FIREFIGHTER

HELICOPTER-FIREMANMany professions small all-purpose Ka-26 in he became a forest firefighter. A simple device for extinguishing fires developed at the Leningrad scientific research Institute of forestry. It is a cable device with an outboard tank for collecting water from nearby ponds in flight.

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LOADER BRAND “CUT”

FORKLIFT BRANDS Shiny from the oil the heavy stack of sheets… How to approach it, how to raise and load? Until recently, this operation was quite time-consuming — each pack got tangled up in the rope and be lifted into a wagon by crane. Then had to climb inside and release the cable. Besides the fact that engaged these two people — the crane and crane work, lots of time was spent on loading, unloading, fuss with cables, and the work is far from secure.

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“SNOWFLAKE” WITH MOTOR

Any Amateur ice-fishing dreams about the convenient and easy means of transport to quickly get to the coveted perch holes? In one of the rooms “Modeller-designer” I read about motorware construction. Ibragimova decided to build such a machine. The engine and the wheel set from scooter “Tourist”. When testing mateboer speeds up to 70 km/h on ice and dense crust, but on loose snow skidded. In addition, it was quite heavy: about 140 kg.

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COTTAGE-TRUNDLE BED

COTTAGE-FOLDINGCOTTAGE-FOLDINGThe idea to build the cottage-trailer came up during a previous operation, is also mobile (see “modelist-Konstruktor No. 5, 2005). Let me remind you, the house was prefabricated with a soft top and a smaller size, since it was initially tied to the dimensions of the trailer “SKIF-2M”. Although each element was easy to collect the cottage had everything well together.

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WINCH TRACTOR

WINCH TRACTORLarge forestry in the country today are equipped with powerful and high-performance appliances. However, there is a lot of auxiliary operations, the performance of which has not yet been invented mechanisms and tools that facilitate the work, increase its effectiveness and quality.

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SOARING ABOVE THE WAVES

SOARING OVER THE WAVESSOARING OVER THE WAVESThe hovercraft is. Building a vehicle that could move on both land and water, was preceded by a familiarity with the history of the discovery and the creation of original amphibious machines, air cushion (WUA), the study of their fundamental devices, comparison of various designs and patterns. To this end, I visited a lot of Internet sites enthusiasts and creators of WUAs (including foreign), met with some of them in person.

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