“CHAMPIONSHIP” GOLF

BMW 1 series new car-class Golf. When in 1974, the company Volkswagen has released a compact front wheel drive VW GOLF, it was hard to imagine that this tiny three-door hatchback small class, the exterior of which was designed by the great Italian designer Giorgetto Giugiaro, will be the founder of a giant class of vehicles, called by the name of the very first “Golf course”. The reason for this was the tremendous popularity of cars in this class — for the first nine years of production of the VW GOLF they were released 6.8 million copies.

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BUILDING A CAR

BUILDING A CARWhen vehicle type is defined: scheduled its approximate dimensions, weight, number of seats in the back, the engine, comes perhaps the most important stage of design development of the layout. Layout is the overall structure, and relative position of all parts of the structure. It would seem that a depot purely technical: linking dimensions, calculation of loads and so on. But no, it starts not with the mechanisms and numbers.

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WORKS VACUUM

WORKING VACUUMWhen using groundwater into the well usually clog a pipe with valve and filter, the latter often out of order. Repair need to get the whole structure. The problem of repair and operation of wells can be solved much easier if you use the following device. The basis of it — sealed the tank with the filter capacity of 35-40 litres and pump “Kama” with the engine of 1.6 kW.

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RIVER BOAT

RIVER BOATThis model can successfully build students 4-5 classes. Best to start with the housings. It can be done chiselling from a block of wood or stacked. If the housing is stacked, panel it with plywood with a thickness of 1 mm or thick cardboard that cover nitrovarnish to not soaked in water. The body parts glue nitrocream.

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FIAT 600

FIAT 600In 1951 the Board of FIAT at one of their meetings decided to replace produced from 1936 compact car TOPOLINO (“little mouse”) is more modern and comfortable machine. In the postwar years, the need of the population of Italy in an affordable and easy means of transport were enormous. At the same meeting were identified and the main characteristics of a compact car: speed over 85 km/h, with a capacity for 4 persons.

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FROM “THUNDERBIRD” TO “SWORD” AND “AXE”

FROM For several decades the Soviet patrol ships (TFR), formally considered as analogues of foreign frigates and corvettes, it was actually the destroyers — shock military units near the sea area. In fact, their successors and projects 35 159 focused on the fight against submarines, kept many of the “Menomonie” features: the same high speed, the same torpedo as the main weapon, the same “squat” silhouette with minimum add-ons… However, the emergence of the US nuclear submarines with ballistic missiles forced the Soviet Union to reconsider priorities.

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IN FLIGHT — “MAPLE-7”

IN — FLIGHT Simple radio-controlled model aircraft. Do note that this article is designed for those who prefer to build RC models are not alone, and together with two or three associates. For such a complex and expensive Hobbies well together and the work is fun and the purchase of remote control equipment and engine “rainbow 7” is significantly cheaper. By the way, for beginners you can recommend not too expensive equipment, FOCUS 4, FOCUS 6 Korean company Hitek — the first cost is about $185, the second $220.

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