WINGED JEEP

FLYING JEEPThe passenger plane the Yak-12. For many worldwide known aircraft designers and their teams, the road to big aviation began with the creation of a light aircraft. Often, these are the first born in the future were in the shadow of its more advanced winged fellows who have brought their creators glory. Creating successful machines have been inspired by their creators and gave them confidence in solving more complex technical problems, and the plane was often the first and last test of strength of the designer in this direction. One of the few prominent designers of our time, and throughout life remained faithful to the light aircraft was Alexander Yakovlev.

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FROM “SPIDOLY” LAB!

FROM Instruments based on the radio. Technical progress is relentless it forces us to buy all new electronic devices, and old, but usable receivers, tape recorders, record players and tape recorders had moved into the closets and attics, and then to the dump. However, enthusiastic Amateurs on a more careful attitude to an old technique, finding it different application. So old, no one needs a radio superheterodyne scheme can certainly be found almost any Amateur radio.

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GLIDER TAKES OFF FROM THE WATER

THE GLIDER TAKES OFF FROM THE WATERBRO-17…A quiet summer evening over the water area of klaipėda seaport appeared strange flying machine: its wings were similar to a lattice, and the pilot was housed in a tiny cabin, reminiscent of a sidecar for the motorcycle, It was a new hydroplane “Duck” (Fig. 1), design B. Yu Oscines — the latter option already described in No. 4, 1975 BRO-16.

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“COTTAGE” FOR NUTRIA

Becoming a pensioner, was engaged in the breeding of the nutria (swamp beavers, or coypu) and saw how it is a profitable business. With the low maintenance costs of these herbivores and also very unpretentious animals not only get delicious meat (an average of 2-3 kg of each species), no way inferior to the rabbit, nutritional value and dietary properties, but also (most importantly!) valuable fur, on the strength approaching a mink or a Fox, and wear exceeding ten “fur” of the Bunny.

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“AEROBI-100”

For the study of near-earth space in the United States since 1948, began to build rockets “Aerobe”. To date released a large number of their modifications. A two-stage rocket “Aerobi 100”, the description and drawings which we published, are very useful for modeling. It is easy to manufacture and available to the modelers for the second year of study. Its flight is quite stable and shows good sports results. It is possible to participate in competitions of any rank.

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LADA REVOLUTION

LADA REVOLUTIONThis car was first shown at the Moscow international motor show in August 2003. Race car was the prototype of the new monoclass — National racing series AVTOVAZ, designed for circle racing machines of the same model, which virtually do not compete designers and engineers, and racers.

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Correspondence duel

Correspondence duelThe need to cover ground-based air defense armored and mechanized units in the attack, and on the march from air attacks became apparent during the Second World War. Almost in all the belligerent countries, different patterns of anti-aircraft self-propelled units were created (ZSU). Unfortunately, we must admit that in this area the Soviet Union was not among the leaders. During the Great Patriotic War in the Soviet Union failed to create effective anti-aircraft self-propelled units. The very same mass of ZSU Red Army became an American M17 previously shipped with the Soviet Union under the Lend-Lease.

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Boatmen on the pond

Boatmen on the pondChassis model paddle steamer. Model river paddle steamer look so advantageous as compared with the model of a modern airliner, as a large-scale replica of a steam locomotive railway locomotive attractive copies of our days. A water suspension model “Kolesnik” the nineteenth century, looks amazing – plenty of add-ons “mast, pipe, efficient things – all this creates a mouthwatering flavor century couple.

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