The IL-38

IL-38Soviet anti-submarine aircraft Il-38 was made on the basis of passenger Il-18V (1957). The new car wing moved forward, strengthened the chassis, carried out two cargo compartment. They placed the weapons from homing torpedoes and anti-submarine bombs of various types, as well as sonobuoys. The entire crew was focused in the pressurized cabin in the front of the plane, underneath the fairing was aerial surveillance radars. The aft fuselage was the end of the post for the magnetometer. Fuel capacity increased.

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NEVSKAYA “ARROW”

NEVA (SPEED CONTROL LINE MODEL CLASS 5.0 CM3). The name of the master of sports of international class Mykola Troneva from Leningrad familiar to automodellista. Since 1970, Nicolai permanent member of the national team. With his pattyboy model he has participated in many international meetings, not once occupied prize-winning places in the Championships. The General view was that the model Troneva differ by originality of design and technical perfection. Given the great interest of the hobby to them, we publish the drawings of one of the “working” models N. Troneva, which has repeatedly participated in the Championships of the Soviet Union m Europe and brought it to the constructor of the manure the title of champion of the Soviet Union, master of sports of international class, world record holder and Europe.

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TV-WARDROBE

THE TV WARDROBETHE TV WARDROBETo protect children from excessive TV in the absence of parents, it is easy to make a special lockable bedside table-wardrobe, in which you can “hide” not only TV but also other equipment, e.g. a VCR. If necessary the doors can be arranged in lock — mortise, slip or hinged.

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“GOLF” FROM MITSUBISHI

Mitsubishi Lancer 2005 issue. My first meeting with the Mitsubishi Lancer took place at the uncontrolled intersection. Thump in the left door of my “Fields”, the gnashing of metal on metal, squeaking brakes and… silence. The driver of a new “Japanese” was the young lady that turned out to be only the second time in my life independently drove his car to the “big world” — and on a day she was clearly not up to the sign “give way”.

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CUT… BEARING

CUT... BEARINGNot find, perhaps, a car or complicated mechanism which isn’t used ball bearings: they are embedded in devices and engines, airplanes, and tractors, bringing accuracy, reliability and durability. And suddenly — an unexpected metamorphosis: the ball turned into the destroyer, has become a cutting tool. The device, manufactured on its basis, can be used for cutting writing and photographic paper.

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THE APENNINES AT THE START

THE APENNINES ON STARTUPIncluded in the First world war later than the other great (or applying for this role) powers, Italy was behind them in many branches of naval Affairs. And probably not due to a lack of creative ideas and their own theorists and designers, but because of the “little things” of a technical nature, the usual for countries that are somehow chained to the lack of resources and backwardness of the material base. This fully applies to the submarine fleet of the Mediterranean Kingdom.

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GLIDER WITHOUT SECRETS

THE GLIDER WITHOUT SECRETSLetters a lot. One of them is to “brand” the forms of various enterprises and institutions, others on pieces of paper torn from a student notebook. But the questions are all about the same: the readers are interested in where, when and how you can get comprehensive information about gliders and hang gliding. We started in 1968 talking about a new kind of motorless flying has generated huge interest and gained the scope is truly inclusive. This, in our opinion, quite natural and not surprising: the level of technical training of young people is now high enough that even at home to build their own full-fledged glider. A shortage of necessary materials also does not stop enthusiasts of hang gliding. Difficulties in other: there is good, detailed and accurate drawings, which could produce details of the glider and the lack of experience and technological skills very often negates the attempt to make a dome (the sail). Reach extremes. In a letter to the seventh-grader Vladimir Nikitin of Sumy region photography barefoot boys. He flies with a small hill on a hang glider, made of spruce and covered with pieces of old red slogan.

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