THE STOVE

THE STOVEThe practical necessity of placing a furnace and a fireplace in a small area of the room led to the creation of a single “hybrid” structure of kamiloiki with a common Foundation and chimney. The specific location of its components contributes to the expansion of functionality and increase the heat output of such heating and cooking stoves (stove or fireplace), improving the environment of the room.

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DEAD BATTERY — RESCUED WIT

A good host in the winter and enough work in the garden. One day, when the snow piled very much, it was necessary to compact around trees, and roofs of the buildings do not interfere with cleaning. So I went on “zaporozhtse 966В” to see his “estate”. Well in the winter in nature, but deserted. The house has electricity, furnace fun crackling wood, warm and cozy. Having stayed at the site for two days, I decided the next day early in the morning, while cars on the road a little, to go home. In the morning I sat behind the wheel of his “foreign cars”, and the engine will not start battery is dead. And there’s no one around. Neither “light” nor “pull” there is no one to get between the necessary.

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INSTEAD OF BATTERIES

INSTEAD OF BATTERIESThis miniature power pack sits in the battery compartment handheld radios, calculators and other miniature electronic equipment where they need to be connected to AC power. After capacitor C1, Zener diode V1 and V2 (see diagram) we obtain the rectified current voltage of 15 V. It is used to supply voltage to the transistor V4. During the negative half-wave current of the diode V3 returns to the power supply portion stored in the power transformer.

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BRITANNIA DRESSED IN THE ARMOUR

BRITAIN DRESSED IN THE ARMORBy the end of the XIX century, England was the only major Maritime powers, still ignore one of the major trends in cruise shipbuilding — the desire to cover “workers of the ocean” side armor. Armored cruisers were built all France, almost completely abandon deck protection circuits; Russia, whose armoured giants — “Ryurik”, “Rossiya” and “Thunder” made so much noise in the corridors of the Admiralty that he had heard “shipbuilding vassal” Britain — Italy. Appeared the ships of this class and the ocean, in the United States. And is rapidly gaining speed in a race war at sea Germany has laid a powerful and well protected combat units.

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Ka-26

Ka-26Multi-purpose helicopter Ka-26 made according to the coaxial scheme with two-keel plumage in the form of a flying chassis. Two engines placed in nacelles on the sides of the fuselage. The pilot is in a separate cabin and payload — in removable modules. The passenger module is designed for six people. In the agricultural version of suspended hopper for chemicals (900 kg) and accessories for spraying.

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GARDEN “STUFF”

GARDENING Tillers, mini-tractors, potato harvesters For economically strong farms and farmsteads such a technique has long been not unusual Destiny of the less fortunate, it seems, can only hope for themselves, for their ability almost from “scrap” to create a solid mechanical aides, but on extremely simple, but trouble-free agricultural implement is “the gift of deep antiquity”.

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