I’ve been a longtime reader and a regular subscriber of the magazine “modelist-Konstruktor”. For nearly forty years, not only got acquainted with the machines and mechanisms for designers and fans, but also created their. So we can classify themselves as a cohort of “DIY” with the experience. Built mainly teleoperative and transport equipment (walking tractors to monster trucks). Something from a previously created dismantled or altered, some sold, and some exploit until now, for example, a mini-tractor (or rather, self-propelled chassis), which design and present to readers.
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To fly like a bird, the strength of your muscles, very tempting; dreamed about it many of our ancestors. Already in the XV century, when on flights in the modern sense could not even dream of such a machine designed by Leonardo da Vinci. Unfortunately, he was not able to implement their ideas. And only today, after five centuries, people have achieved the first real success.
In the footsteps of virtually every information, published under the heading “ENEA — young innovator”, the editor receives many letters. On the envelope address NTTM, young innovators, enterprises, construction companies, farms, and all of them interested in more information about printed in the journal innovative developments. And United by the desire to apply them to achieve a new increase productivity, improve technology, product quality.
Large problems sometimes arise because of the small details. Take, for example, the servo-mechanism, reduces the efforts on arms control such a powerful and popular tractors as Chelyabinsk Т100МЗ or T-130. They have the bushing hole (see figure), is pressed into the housing of the servo-mechanism, performs reciprocating movement of the pusher, the transmitting motion of the control lever rotate the spool getorcreatenode site. On the pushrod and is an ill-fated piece is a small rubber ring that provides a reliable seal between the follower and the walls of the sleeve.
It is hardly necessary to prove to anyone, what are the benefits to human health water swimming is much greater than even all the recognized Jogging. But while running, when you get tired, you can stop and rest. When swimming this can afford only the few who can lie on the water. But because most just don’t dare to swim far (which, in General, correctly). But the attachment to the Bank reduces the interest of such health event, to say the least — mind.
How to be autoconstruction mug? What it should build cars? How to organize classes? These and many other questions were raised in the recent publications of M. Larkin, and L. I. F. Rychkova “Project — model — car” and “car Designer — car designer!” (“M-K” № 1, 1979). More of our readers interested in the technical side of things — the device is modular inputs to directly affect. Today we offer the latest development autoconstructor laboratory Cut of the Siberian branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences — the micro-car, only “Protein”.
In our home the garage there is a well-worn snowmobile “Buran”. I’m not going to Express their attitude to it in General, because the views of the owners on this issue diverge. However, the work of his heart — the motor always caused not only anxiety, but also from year to year required surgery. Every summer, making these “sleighs” for the winter season, in the engine due to wear and something changed: the rings, liners, pistons.
Every summer and autumn young tourists go Hiking trips in his native land; the participants of the game “Zarnitsa” offers a wide variety of routes to places of military glory. Many of the guys and lovers of water travel on the river, boats. Their capabilities have greatly expanded with the arrival of a wide range of well-designed double folding kayak “Salyut-M of 4.7”. Salable and sustainable, with sufficient capacity and excellent cross-country, kayak allows you to make transitions through the “deaf” places.
KAYAK FOR… ICE. Who has ever tried to sit in the kayak, he knows how difficult it is to manage. Coaches have to be pretty to work with young athletes before they themselves rush unstable boats on the water, And here in the midst of training winter comes… For three or four months of inactivity to completely lose the skills obtained in the summer. Winter classes are “dry” theory, crosses, etc. m, but all this will not replace the kayak itself.
Still quite recently it seemed that forever passed away, imbued with romanticism, but proved impractical in our rationalistic age, the legendary tall ships of the past centuries — a light Brigantine, graceful schooners, swift clippers. However, forever?