LIGHT STROKING…

LIGHT STROKING...Iron refers to those appliances, which seem to all have long known… Inside the case, near the massive base (sole plate) heating element is a tungsten spiral. The warmth of her through the soles heats the tissue. It would seem that I can come up with is new? Is it just to try something to change the design. But already there are more than two dozen varieties of irons. There is even a separate 307-75 GOST, according to which domestic irons are produced with a power of 250, 400, 750 and 1000 W, with weight from 0.8 to 2.5 kg with a temperature of 60-90°, 100-130°, 160-200°. Moreover, the heating time ranges from 3 to 10 min. And whether you ever get the idea to stroke… light? Yes, it is light. All know how hard it is to turn out of the cartridge burning lamp with your bare hands: you can burn yourself. And what it is stronger, the more difficult the task. The culprit — the so-called heat radiation. That used iron a new type of photon (author’s certificate No. 538074).

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MOTORCYCLE FOR PEROUTKA

MOTORCYCLE FOR PEROUTKAReaders of the magazine “modelist-Konstruktor” are simple wheel-ski snowmobile, designed for movement on snow-covered dirt roads, and even the virgin lands. Snowmobile — truck mount with two rear driving tires and one controlled by the front ski. The design of the snowmobile in comparison with other machines of this type are very simple, that allows you to make it even in a home workshop.

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FIDO — HOMEMADE BOAT

FIDO — A HOMEMADE BOATIf you use our drawings and build this lightweight Dinghy roomy, believe me, will not regret it. The dimensions of the boat — 2,3X1,3X0,4 m and a weight of 32 kg. To build the best suited waterproof plywood, but you can use ordinary construction with a thickness of 4 mm. For cutting workpieces need leaf length 2400 mm as standard sheets have a smaller maximum size, the edges of their fill “on us” and stick together.

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MINI-BOAT ANGLER

the Author with what tricks do not go to the fishermen, to much success. One day, my buddy is a big fan of fishing, lamented that it is often the catch is scarce only because of the fact that there is no way for you to go fishing-“the Donk” in the place where, by assumption, must be fish the bushes in the way, the strength is not enough. Then the idea was born to ship to fishing spots, tackle, and along with “baits” (complementary food in the form of pellets) to build a mini boat — RC small ship the size of a model.

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SHOES FOR MOTOART

In the Arctic tundra and in Antarctica, the snow-capped mountain slopes and in the forest most of the year working tirelessly snowmobiles — reliable support person. The combination of a lightweight gasoline engine, V-belt CVT and rubber tracks — that is, essentially, the whole wisdom underlying most of these machines. At first glance, not too difficult combination. But it took a lot of time and labor to make this “Troika” to work together.

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ALL FOR THE CAR

ALL FOR AUTOMOBILEEvery year our industry produces more and more cars. Today while driving to meet a man of almost any profession — the engineer, doctor, architect and worker, farmer and teacher. On how to properly operate the vehicle, i.e. when to change the oil, how to choose candles, what to do in case of certain faults, see the respective manuals and instructions. About the little things, facilitate the daily care of the motorist, they write, unfortunately, is not enough. The purpose of this publication is to some extent fill this gap.

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ROAD NOT WORSE THAN SPORTS

THE ROAD NOT WORSE THAN SPORTSThe disadvantages road bike in the first place I take them is small compared with the sports speed. But it would be nice to have a universal machine that could confidently move around the track at the same time not yielding at speed on the highway sports. To that end, I put on the bike “Ukraine” of the speed switch (see figures). In the final version of my bike has got five gears: sprocket 48 teeth driven by 21, 19, 17, 15 and 13 teeth. The car has already more than 4000 km of Any of the positive qualities of a road bike she lost, on the contrary, lowering the first transfer of the eased motion on the lane. The speed on the highway has increased significantly.

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SURFING ON ASPHALT

SURFING ON ASPHALTIn recent years, increasingly popular among young people acquires a new exciting sport, something akin to the classic surf art of the slide with the crest of the wave on the Board. It is also used Board, however, somewhat smaller. At its bottom secured four rubber-coated roller. As you’ve probably guessed, the slide on this Board with ocean waves and asphalt, using the natural slope.

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AND ONE, AND TWO

ONE, TWOGeorge S. khokhlachov — military retiree, he was 77 years old. My entire adult life, he enthusiastically engaged in technical creativity: innovative work, radio, photos and much more. In their tireless search for homebrew regularly refers to the publications in scientific and popular journals, including the journal “modelist-Konstruktor”. One of his last works G. S. khokhlachov decided to present the readers of our magazine: “the Last two years, I was fascinated by the design of the recumbent. From the book A. S. Popolove “let’s invent a recumbent” as a prototype of the selected “Springmail” N. Kudrin and V. Schipacheva. The frame design and General arrangement have not undergone significant changes, but the drive turned out, from my point of view, original and, I think, may interest the readers of the magazine and fans of velomobiles”.

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“GRASSHOPPER” WITH MOTOR D-6

Increasingly, in an editorial post meet the voluminous packages of drawings and descriptions of improvised microvesicles. Their fundamental difference from development of previous years — a successful combination in the construction standard and improvised units. The second important detail — the sharp improvement in appearance, a bold design decision.

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