ARMY PYRO

MILITARY BURNERLight tank T-26 in the prewar years, became the most massive military armored vehicle of the red Army. Quite naturally the base of this tank was widely used by designers to create war machines for various purposes. The most massive non-linear modification of the “twenty-sixth” were chemical tanks which in total volume of production of the T-26 amounted to 12%. In the post-war literature, these combat vehicles were usually called flamethrower and the designation received abbreviation FROM (flamethrower tank): FROM-26, OT-130, OT-133, etc. In fact it is not so. These tanks were intended primarily for contamination, smoke and gametangia.

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SCREW IN SUPPORT

Of course, the wooden parts connecting screws — most reliable. But as the load places on the legs of chairs, doors loop — hole is gradually being developed; the same occurs with the shrinkage of the wood — hole becomes slightly larger than the diameter of the screw. To restore the strength of connections possible Read more…

EASY GOING

EASY-GOINGIn the “Modeller-designer” has repeatedly published materials on woodworking machines-“circular saw” circular saw and planer, so necessary for the house masters. On this publication have done for a similar machine and I. But when I did, I realized that not everything in it is fine with me. In particular, the mechanism of lifting-lowering of the table. And the device is called the mechanism was only possible with the big stretch. The table was mounted on four studs-the uprights and vertical movement required to turn is to roll as many as eight nuts. And to set the plane of the table parallel to the axis of the plane (and saws) had “by eye”. In the end decided to make another table with more “advanced” mechanism (table) of lifting-lowering.

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WHEN THE SLEEPER WAKES…

WHEN THE SLEEPER AWAKES...In the decade following the civil war greatest and bloodiest in American history, the United States experienced a steady rise. The country enjoyed its political and economic freedom, step by step closer to world supremacy in industrial production. Already in the mid 80-ies of the XIX century, steel production was compared with the same period in the British Empire. And on it there were many customers: a huge amount of metal left on the rapidly growing railway, agricultural equipment, commercial ships.

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L-39

L-39Double training aircraft (TCB) L-39 the company’s “Aero Vodochody” in the Czech Republic was established in 1968. In the USSR, since 1973, has delivered over 2,000 aircraft of this type. The aircraft equipped with turbojet engine AI-25V, made its first flight on 4 November of the same year. Serial L-39S since 1974 has set the engines AI-25TL 1720 kg thrust. The external distinguishing feature of the aircraft are fuel tanks located at the wing tips. The aircraft is designed for initial training of cadets the technique of piloting in simple and complex weather conditions, day and night, as well as for training of flight personnel. The pilots arranged one behind the other: trainee in the front cockpit, instructor in the rear.

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IN THE ARSENAL OF A JEWELER

Improvised creativity are addicted to for a very long time. And in many respects it was promoted by my favorite magazine “modelist-Konstruktor”. Released since 1972. The recommendations and tips magazine has done a lot useful on the farm structures. The biggest of them —the tractor Arkhipova (“M-K” № 1, 1984), Gromov and all-terrain vehicle (“M-K” No. 1 for 1985).

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