Readers familiar in № 4’2006 a tractor trailer Muscovite V. Wheels, interested and yourself mini-tractor for this Amateur designer. Today we publish the description of technology of manufacture of this tractor and schematic of its main components.
This bike has unusual pattern and drive: two steering wheels, instead of rotating the pedal — levers. The force on the chain is transmitted when a cyclist privste from the saddle. And of course, no accident that the author constructs A. Zavratnik from the city of Kirov believes that a bike of this scheme, in Read more…
During construction of Amateur-planes, gliders, vehicles, air cushion causes the most difficulties recruitment engine. It is no secret that the production engines often do not meet the Amateur designers on many parameters, in particular power density.
This machine I once (in 1998) collected from degraded and abandoned because the owners of the parts and components of various vehicles. Rama — from the Riga moped RMZ-126 “Delta”. From him the gas tank, wheels, suspension. But the powertrain and drivetrain restored from the motorcycle M-103. Have been successfully combined electrical ignition system of Read more…
From the time of this writing I have built five catamarans of various designs. In designing, building and testing these boats took an active part my friend Anatoly Pavlovich Ignatchenko. Not to say that none of them did not satisfy me. A catamaran with inflatable floats performed well on water the Moscow region, and Lower Volga. But Pneumatics poorly kept shape, which significantly reduced the speed. So the idea arose to build a catamaran with rigid floats.
When I hear the word “dubbed”, it is a sun-drenched Playground, dry asphalt paths, summer-dressed children… unfortunately, autumn, winter and spring avtogorodok contraindicated. What should I do? Where to engage with students?
The apparatus which I have named “aquaplane”, designed for active swimming on the back even for non-swimmers, with stops to rest as on a sun lounger, directly on the water surface. It consists of two separate parts: the float and foot oars plywood blade with “pedals”, the United articulated. The float consists of a foam Read more…
Its quality says the mere fact that he was in the SAI and the Commission on small boats of the city. Trailer six, the engine “Breeze-12”, remote. The trailer is made of sheet steel and aluminum, weighs 380 kg. inside, there are miniature pantry, two sofa beds, a washstand, gas stove, sink and even a TV. The upper part of the roof removable.
Description a three-wheeled tandem, published in issue No. 3, 1979, I liked inherent in it the idea to tandem bike of the usual single, without making major changes to the original design. But the proposed version was not very satisfied: still frame of the second bike had undergone the unwanted interference. I wanted to find a way of articulation, that when there is no need to tandem it was possible to restore the bike to original form.
What started karting? In the 30-ies very popular among American boys was competition for non-motorised trolleys moving along slant paths. Some Joker aptly called them “racing soap boxes.” And not without reason. The first truck actually had instead of the body wooden box, attached the wheels, instead steering was a rope connected to the ends of the front axle. Over time, the “racing soap boxes” has gained the rank of all-American Championships, which often have become well designed and carefully made by non-motorised carriages. But their name lived for a long time.