In this issue we introduce young innovators, participants of operation “the Introduction” with an unusual method of drying developed in Nikolaev. At our request about it, say the authors of this new technology, which not only shortens the production cycle, but also provides high quality wood.
“BOOM” — CENTER
For a couple of minutes of paper or paperboard will be able to make strenuously device that will instantly show you the centre of any circle, for example, the base of the cylinder. The secret lies in the fact that the rays arrows, encircling a circle located at an angle of 90° to each other, Read more…



The space is calling the boys. Today almost every student dreams of becoming an astronaut as well as in the distant 30-ies of their peers dreamed of aviation. And like a decade ago, the guys are preparing for the upcoming tournaments. Learn in flying circles a theory to build complex models-copies “Union”, sport rockets, participate in competitions and contests. Only the all-Union competition “the Space” conducted by our magazine, gathers every year hundreds of young connoisseurs of space. The opening of this article a series of articles on rocket modeling, the editors hope that they will be an additional tool for club Directors and their participants.
The carrier rocket “Cyclone-3”. Early 60-ies of the last century was marked not only by competition in space between the USA and the USSR, but a nuclear arms race. The first examples of Intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM), the Atlas in the US and R-7 in the USSR did not have a high readiness for use as an oxidizing agent with a low boiling liquid oxygen. The military of both countries felt the need to be armed with missiles that could be in constant readiness.
Well, I wonder are the guys changes and the free time in the extended-day groups at schools, where equipped your arcade room with a variety of devices to compete on agility, quickness, speed and skill. Some examples of such devices offer today to our readers-the students of master of sports of the USSR S. Glaser.
Anyone who has seen the work of plasterers, no doubt paid attention to how they solution is applied to a finished surface: be sure to scale, like “prespectiva” it to the wall. Then the solution stronger to grips with the surface, and the layer turns is harder.
KHARKOV AUTOMOBILE AND ROAD INSTITUTE STUDENT DESIGN BUREAU OF HIGH-SPEED CARS. Scientific supervisor — the rector of the Institute, associate Professor B. V. Reshetnikov. Chief designer -honored master of sports of the USSR V. K. Nikitin.
The experimental carrier-based fighter XF5U-1. In the 1940s, the American engineer Charles Zimmerman has created a unique aircraft aerodynamic configuration, which still continues to surprise not only for its unusual appearance, but also performance For their unique appearance, he has received numerous nicknames, among them such as “Flying parachute”, the “Flying pancake” and “Skimmer Zimmerman” Modern historians of aviation klassificeret this aircraft as the first fighter short takeoff and landing.

The second world war has resulted in the emergence in our country of a completely new class of vehicles — sidecars, designed primarily for disabled veterans. The first model, called S-1L, was a three-wheeled mini car with an open body and canvas top with the engine a working volume of 125 cm3. In the future, the car received a more powerful engine Izhevsk production working volume of 346 cm3 and a power of 7.5 HP, It became known as the s-3L.
(Continued. The beginning in № 3 2005)