AND THROUGH THE SWAMP, AND SNOW

AND THROUGH THE SWAMP, AND SNOWATVs on tires of low pressure are becoming more comfortable. If ten years ago, enthusiasts of all-terrain vehicles created mainly of three-, four – and six-wheeled vehicle, devoid of even a hint of the cockpit, today Amateur designers send in edition the pictures they made on their ATVs with a comfortable and warm cabins designed for long journeys in conditions of low temperatures. Here is one of such machines is a comfortable tricycle “Mini-200”.

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“ANT” BODY FORWARD

First of all, I thank the editor of “Model construction” for the promotion of ingenuity, intelligence and talent of ordinary people, for the opportunity to use his rich creative experience, focused in the magazine. Keep up the good work!
For my part, I would like to offer our readers a description of the very practical mini-truck. Practical in the sense that it is simple in structure, easy to operate and inexpensive to operate.

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STRENGTH – THE HUB

THE STRENGTH OF THE HUBMore than two decades of operation legkomotornyh and sports bikes with an analysis of the ongoing failures has allowed us to develop a number of practical recommendations that may be of interest to readers-cyclists. Established, for example, the rear wheel goes down more often than the front. So, the front wheel of my “vsepogodnymi” has successfully passed about 100,000 km It still “feels good”.

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ASYMMETRICAL TRAILER

ASYMMETRICAL TRAILERThe owners of a motorcycle with a sidecar often wonder about how to increase its capacity? The original solution to this question offered a reader of our magazine A. Tatarnikov in his article “Compliant trailer”, published in the “Modeller-designer” №12 for 1992. The design of its motorized with asymmetrical location of the node coupling and gauge coincides with the track of the tractor, has become quite popular among motorcyclists. Over the years, there are many versions of the famous trailer. Today is one of the latest and most interesting.

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ON SAILING

SAILINGThose who live near the water, the boat is as necessary as for other bike or car. Of course, experienced shipbuilders-fans are unlikely to descend to the boat, we want to bring to your attention, but for beginners shipbuilders design of this boat is what you need. It is simple, technological, besides allows on the basis of one case to build a row boat, and a sailboat.Before you start building housing on a large sheet of plywood it is necessary to draw Plaz — at least, to portray the theoretical section of the housing.

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PNEUMATIC TRANSFORMER

PNEUMATIC-TRANSFORMEROnce television was a popular program “you can”, where the craftsmen talked about their designs. Perhaps it first appeared the information about the pneumatic-tired machines. A publication in the journal “modelist-Konstruktor” has prompted many enthusiasts, including our own, Angarskaya (mostly fishermen) to manufacture such machines with their own hands. Pneumatic bribed his external simplicity, which promises a good performance.

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SCOOTER SNOWY EXPANSES

SCOOTER SNOWY EXPANSES

For open snow-covered expanses, in my opinion, there is no better vehicle than a snowmobile. No other ATV can not be compared with them in speed and terrain. Noise really much. But what a fun rapid slide through the untouched virgin snow! Snowmobile, nicknamed “Otter” including the, shall we say, ducking and diving — at the speed they can, even through the sparse bushes “pronanut,” I built in one breath: so very recently I wanted to have a car like that. And so the design of it is thought out thoroughly, and the required units, units and materials prepared in advance.

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SNOW TOBOGGAN ADRIATIC

SNOW TOBOGGAN OF THE ADRIATIC

Popular Yugoslav magazine “ABC-technology” in its two hundredth issue published material chief editor Vekoslava Bosnar about the amazing sled, designed by fans of the snowy slopes.
As in the southern country, fanned by the warm winds of the Adriatic, also like to ride a mountain on sleds? Love! And even come up with their design is such that it can find application we, the northerners, on the slopes of the Russian mountains.

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ATV “TRAMP-YUGRA”

Zyzio - Yalta-hualca!

The history of the vehicle is quite long. First began to be fit to travel on our road of “Niva-2121” – put her on the big wheel from the “Jeep”. Traveled on it with a neighbor (also, incidentally, an avid fisherman and hunter), but the cross for our seats acusados enough. Kupipi DPJ “Fields” copesa tires “Shine”. Clipped in the back of the arch, the post-Willie protruding wheel arches, so that the dirt is not cast on glass, and went back. In General, I liked it, only inside the little space and the water machine does not float. Wanted to do more.

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TRIMARAN… FOUR BOATS

TRIMARAN... FOUR BOATS

Advantages of compact folding boats is obvious, disadvantages is also. In one of the old issues of the journal “modelist-Konstruktor” (on last page) photos and a brief description of a folding trimaran Leningrad shipbuilding V. A. Vakulenko. His trimaran consisted of three folding units in a triangle and connected in a single whole lattice platform. The great thing about this design is the extreme simplicity of the housings. This is the basis of my boats.It consists of four identical folding compartments. Their side opened and fixed in this position by the spacer in plan resemble a diamond. At the same time, the underwater portions of the compartments have smooth streamlined contours. Sealed jar and two bracing bays to form a trimaran.

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