FLY, BASED ON KNOWLEDGE

 

FLY, BASED ON KNOWLEDGEThe results of the last three meetings, which were attended by hundreds of aviation enthusiasts, showed that the majority of the devices is executed at a high professional level. But there were planes, which the creators clearly lacked basic knowledge and experience. These machines, made in violation of the laws of aerodynamics and theory of strength, to fly is not allowed.

DUET IS SENT OFF

Minicar “Duet” was designed as a vehicle suitable for the carriage of four passengers or small loads weighing up to 500 kg. In the fabrication process there were several different variants of the decision of those or other sites, many reworked and peredelyvalis not the one. In the end, it turned out, in General, a good car.

SLEIGH, SLEIGH RIDE THEMSELVES

THE SLEIGH, THE SLEIGH RIDE FOR YOURSELFCertainly in every family one goes bad or becomes unnecessary tricycle. And then sell it or just throw it away. Meanwhile you can give him a new profession and it will serve your children even: out worn the tricycle will make a great scooter. At the time I made this for my three year old son. Instead of wheels on the rear axle put on rock skis. And the front fork set on rocking the same — the steering ski.

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A BIKE TO CROSS

BICYCLE MOTOCROSSThe trial… This term is familiar to many today. Competition for Moto and bike trial attract thousands of enthusiasts for these new sports. But if the trial fits of the serial technique, for trials on the bike to buy two-wheeled machine in the store is impossible. Athletes tend to create cross bikes themselves, based on one of the models produced by the industry.

ELLIPSE VS CIRCLE

ELLIPSE VS CIRCLETo use a bike instead of round sprocket Ellipso suggested in 1892 Professor V. Prusakov. He decided to put the rods along the minor axis of the ellipse that has allowed more efficient use of the power of the cyclist. Experiments have shown that even an inexperienced rider on a machine with the elliptical sprocket expends energy approximately 30% lower than on moving with the same speed filemashine with a round sprocket. And according to the American engineers, the use of oval zubchatki increases the average speed of a cyclist by about 14%.

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TRUCK TENANT

TRUCK OF THE TENANTTransform an old truck motorcycle IZH-type I was going for a long time. At first I wanted to make something like a scooter “Ant” (like the truck, by the way, once told a “M-K”). However, the design was unreasonably heavy and bulky. And besides, it needed a massive differential or, in extreme cases, overrunning clutch, and to build all this in the country, in a home workshop, it was pure utopia.

SCHOOL AIRCRAFT (PART 2)

SCHOOL OF AIRCRAFT (PART 2)In the previous issue of the journal “modelist-Konstruktor” readers acquainted with the design of the aircraft “Cree-Cree” of Michel Colomban, who received a truly worldwide fame. According to many aviation experts, aircraft types “KRI-KRI” close to the limit of miniaturization, while some Amateur designers are trying to create models of even smaller size. However, when reducing the size of the aircraft becomes more dynamic, increasing its angular speed, the movement becomes korotkoperiodnye, causing reduced reaction time of the pilot action on the rudder. And at some point it may be insufficient for normal driving.

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