I would like to tell the readers of the magazine about a catamaran whose movement was achieved using the Magnus effect. The Magnus effect consists in the fact that when a rotating body is flowed around by an air stream, a force is formed that is perpendicular to the direction of the stream. When a Read more…
I have been subscribing to your magazine for many years. It is a real helper for those who do something with their own hands. We live in the south of Ukraine, where such building material as wood is in short supply. Many of my neighbor gardeners have started building utility structures from cement panels of Read more…
As the vacation period approaches, many auto tourists (especially families) begin to think about where and how they will rest on the road: living in a campground or on wheels, equipping the car with devices for overnight stays, or simply in a tent. There are other, so to speak, accompanying problems. For example, supplies of Read more…
I am a long-time reader and regular subscriber to the magazine “Modelist-Konstruktor”. Over almost forty years, I have not only familiarized myself with machines and mechanisms of amateur designers, but also created my own. Therefore, I can count myself among the cohort of experienced “DIYers”. I mainly built agricultural and transport equipment (from walk-behind tractors Read more…
No matter how beautifully the walls and floor of the bathroom are decorated – the overall pleasant picture is disrupted by the gaping space under the bathtub itself, which is usually installed on legs and is not covered by anything. It is no coincidence that the industry has recently started supplying a special panel device Read more…
At the time I decided to build an aerosled, I didn’t plan any particularly original design solutions for it — the machine was needed as a regular winter vehicle. However, when I selected the necessary units, materials, and got down to work, ideas for various design solutions for some components began to emerge. I even Read more…
When my family moved to a far from new estate house with a land plot, I faced the problem of its thorough renovation and construction of outbuildings. It was clear that such work could not be handled with hand tools alone. Therefore, I decided that before starting construction, along with a concrete mixer, I would Read more…
The sun is always a welcome guest. Both in the city and especially when going out for country recreation. But sometimes you want to get away from guests too. From the sun as well, when there’s too much of it, on an exhaustingly hot summer day. We seek saving shade, a secluded corner somewhere under Read more…
The most common version of a tool box for both professionals and hobbyists is usually just a wooden box with a carrying handle. Accordingly, its contents typically lie, as they say, in a heap: tools, fasteners, devices — all mixed together. Attempts to make compartments or insert additional boxes don’t help: it’s still inconvenient to Read more…
This tracked snowmobile is somewhat familiar to our readers. Its photograph was published in No. 3’99 of our magazine under the heading “Photo Panorama from Readers’ Letters.” It was made by Valery Aleksandrovich Bogdanovsky from the village of Tabory, Sverdlovsk Region — a senior coach of a children’s and youth physical training club, an enthusiastic Read more…
