DOUBLE-IZH

DOUBLE-IZHDuring construction of Amateur-planes, gliders, vehicles, air cushion causes the most difficulties recruitment engine. It is no secret that the production engines often do not meet the Amateur designers on many parameters, in particular power density.

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FROM MOPED — MOTORCYCLE

This machine I once (in 1998) collected from degraded and abandoned because the owners of the parts and components of various vehicles. Rama — from the Riga moped RMZ-126 “Delta”. From him the gas tank, wheels, suspension. But the powertrain and drivetrain restored from the motorcycle M-103. Have been successfully combined electrical ignition system of Read more…

CATAMARAN “FRISKY”

CATAMARAN CATAMARAN From the time of this writing I have built five catamarans of various designs. In designing, building and testing these boats took an active part my friend Anatoly Pavlovich Ignatchenko. Not to say that none of them did not satisfy me. A catamaran with inflatable floats performed well on water the Moscow region, and Lower Volga. But Pneumatics poorly kept shape, which significantly reduced the speed. So the idea arose to build a catamaran with rigid floats.

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POCKET WINCH

A huge family of various lifting devices — from the powerful gantry and tower cranes to simple pulley— added another accessory device, designed by the innovators of the scientific production Association “Rhythm”. It’s a small winch that differs from similar mechanisms limit the portability and at the same time, a considerable load capacity.

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THE INDICATOR FOR THE BATTERY

ALARM BATTERYThe safety device that signals the limit of the battery, must have for every modeller. The scheme of such a simple electronic device — figure 1. The unit is connected to the battery pack and press the button S2. If the supply voltage exceeds 10 V, relay K1. But as soon as this value is reduced to 10 volts, Zener diode is closed and relay K1 is de-energized. Contact K1.1 includes a signal lamp H1.

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“ARTEK” AND THE STANDARD AND OPTION!

“Fifteen thousand children annually are engaged in technical circles of the pioneer Republic “Artek”. Fifteen thousand young enthusiasts go to their homes with the desire to further improve the acquired skills. But I think these guys tomorrow could be much higher if the experience of “Artek”, his teachers were picked up, examined and transformed in relation not only to the eminent children’s health centers, but also to local conditions most of the summer urban and suburban pioneer camps”.

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CROSSOVER OF FIRM OPEL

CROSSOVER FIRM OPELOpel Antara 2006 model. The fashion for SUVs-crossovers swept the European car market in the late 1980-ies. Many car companies began a race to create a machine of this type, and only Adam Opel AG has gone the other way. We should remind readers that at the time, but her part of the concern General Motors has also included the Japanese firm Isuzu, who had considerable experience of creating a four-wheel drive multipurpose vehicles. In 1989, Isuzu launched the Rodeo four-wheel drive—this car is called Opel Frontera and began to produce in 1991, the English company of General Motors.

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