Design

Student design Bureau of the Riga red-banner Institute of civil aviation engineers named Lenin Komsomol familiar to the readers of our magazine. Development of Riga have been exhibited at Central exhibitions NTTM at ENEA USSR. Some of them — the wig and bioacoustics systems, seaplanes and apparatus for measuring motion parameters of aircrafts and trikes for agriculture told “modelist-Konstruktor”.

Cyclist with experience or cyclists are hard to convince that there is a treadle machine better than “Tourist”, “Sports”, “Satellite”. For many years I preferred legkodelimae bike over all the others. However, with the advent of folding machines became obvious advantage during transportation and storage. But, unfortunately, it turned out that the effort that is required to make when moving they are more relevant to bicycles.

Weather did not spoil the young glider pilots. The sky is high and blue, as it often happens in Lithuania at this time of year, gray and low down over the green field airport. Strong gusty wind ruffled over the hangar zastiranny rain striped “stocking” of the determinant of the direction of the wind. Chief judge of the competition Mr. Canario and then looked at the clouds, thinking, not whether to cancel flights. And even newsreel cameramen from Perm, arrived to make a documentary about his countrymen, the young athletes from the city of Lysva, are unable to resist the complaints about bad weather, because color film, as is well known, loves the sun…

In two decades of Windsurfing technical equipment of the sport has undergone many changes. Through the efforts of enthusiasts Board sailing from clumsy boats, is a conventional surf surfer with a sail attached, turned into a projectile, embodying the latest achievements of Aero – and hydrodynamics and constructed of materials that previously were used only in aerospace engineering, for example, carbon fiber and Kevlar.

On the velomobile today know everything. Mention them in the headlines. Problems biomodov discussed in the popular TV show “you can”. And finally, cars with a muscular drive — the constant focus of our magazine: the trends, the most interesting designs and the makers of these devices repeatedly told on the pages of “M-K”.

Recently outboard motor was held in high esteem by the water-tourists. However, in recent years a large part of the waters became inaccessible for boats with internal combustion engines. Once again had to recall the sail, to once again take up the oars — Many, however, are not satisfied with traditional propulsion with a muscular drive efficiency the same oars is not too high. No wonder at the time, the paddle wheels were literally pushed by a propeller.

Our magazine has already talked about year-round windsurfer, is able with equal success to move on the water, snow and ice (see “M-K” № 11, 1987).

Our magazine was one of the main popularizers of the recently introduced family of ATVs — vehicles for low pressure tires. All season, excellent permeability, the ability not to disturb the vegetation when moving through the forest or the tundra — the dignity of vehicles of this type immediately attracted the attention of lovers of Amateur technical creativity. And after the publication of the drawings one of the most successful designs — terrain vehicle “Harp” Vyacheslav Laukhina (see “M-K” № 5, 1984) — in our country there were hundreds of machines of the same scheme.

Pedal cars of the type “Card” and “the idea of crossbreeding”, produced by our industry, are very popular with children. But these machines could be even more widespread, when combined with D-6 engine from a motorbike and a bit modified. The result is a real baby sports car.