TRIKE: LAYOUT AND CIRCUIT

TRIKE: LAYOUT AND CIRCUITHang gliding in the 70-ies experiencing a period of rapid development in a short time became a popular sport. The secret of success is primarily due to the simplicity of design and unique performance characteristics of the aircraft. Less than a decade it took to hang gliding to become an Olympic sport. And the desire of athletes to expand the capabilities of the glider due to the start with a flat terrain and climb in the absence of ascending currents has led to that began to appear on the gliders equipped with engines.

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MOPED “COTTON GROWER”

MOPED X all-Union week of science, technology and production for children and youth, held in January 1983 in the Uzbek capital, has raised a lot of interesting developments from many cities of the Soviet Union. Including all the way from Tashkent. Specialists, participants and guests of the week were memorable examples of vehicle technology, presented the laboratory “Avtokonstruktor” Tashkent gorsyut. In particular, the moped “the cotton-grower-S-83”, intended for people in rural areas.

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VERTICAL GARDEN

VERTICAL BEDThe idea of vertical garden beds is not new, however this design is very reminiscent of a step-ladder, always a surprise even experienced gardeners. She designed the Moscow schoolchildren Pavel Vasiliev and Mikhail Zinoviev, working in the Palace of pioneers and pupils named after N. K. Krupskaya, and not once was it possible to obtain stable high yields.

AND SHVETS, AND THE REAPER…

AND SHVETS, AND THE REAPER...Microstructure and tillers become a way of life. Now they are indispensable our helpers in the garden, the garden, the mowing. But I’m curious. With the expansion of the range of works on the plot machined by various means, often have to deal with the problem of accumulation on a farmstead. engine microstructural and tillers, motores and motociclos, saws, and water pumps.

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RELIABLE CHAIN

TRUSTED CHAIN

Amateur designers of vehicles, and motor agricultural machinery often have to work with what is at hand. Typically, this is the engine from a moped or motorcycle, the wheels of a Bicycle, scooter or sidecar, some factory default or self-made components and parts. When the idea to connect them all in varying designs, the inevitable question what to take counter sprocket (driving is already on the engine), how to calculate?

MINI-MOKIK: SCHOOL OF DESIGN

MINI-MOKIK: SCHOOL OF DESIGN

Small cars and motorcycles always aroused great interest among Amateur designers. This is understandable: a vehicle having a small size and weight, low fuel consumption, well fit into the traffic flow of city streets, convenient to maintain and repair and durable enough, can not to attract attention, and, of course, primarily a teenager.

VOSKHOD-SNOWMOBILE

The idea of Snowmobiling came to me as soon as I moved to live in the village Belushi Nenets Autonomous district. A large part of the year it’s winter here. And in honor of such a transport which can carry people and cargo on the road. Snowmobiling I decided to make a bike “Voskhod-3”, which was bought in the summer to use it for its intended purpose. Therefore, in the design of the bike changed only suspension.

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RIDING A “CALF”

RIDING A Small farm equipment — a great helper in the garden, at the farm. Those who have the area roomier, and opportunities to make difficult a bigger car, opt for microfracture the most energy efficient, versatile and easy to use machine. About your variant of compact four-wheel tractor, called the author of “Zubrenok”, says our reader A. E. Parfenov. Once, flipping through a magazine “modelist-Konstruktor”, read about homemade compact tractor Amurchonok. Liked the idea, and I decided to build my machine for plowing and harvesting in the garden, performing various works in the Hayfield, to facilitate other types of heavy physical labor at the farm. I believe that I did it. The tractor turned maneuverable, powerful enough, looks quite nice and reliable — in two years almost constant use in the harsh Siberian climate had not happened no breakage. At the district exhibition “Technical creativity of youth and schoolchildren of Siberia” in the spring of 1983, my “house of the child” received a high rating and was awarded an honorary diploma.

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