THE FORMULA “GT”, SCALE 1:8

FORMULA In recent years avtomodelisty closely watching the development of a new direction for technical activities and sports design of high-speed radio controlled model with internal combustion engine. At first they were built by high-class athletes, but now a lot of successful and budding. What are the athletic requirements for these models, and some technical data have model classes f-I and f-II?

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CABLE KNIFE?

CABLE WITH A KNIFE?Compact and handy knife for “cutting” the cable created by the participants NTTM from Leningrad. Tool — it was called Baltika is designed for longitudinal and cross cutting of hose skins. It consists of a housing-handle, a bracket of rectangular form, the spring loaded cutter and the buttons rotate.

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THE LOCK

LOCKRemember how unenviable position was one of the heroes of the book of Ilf and Petrov “the Twelve chairs”, when he slammed the door with an English castle? Of course, tragicomic the described situation is presented in a slightly grotesque form, but still… there are cases when the owner of the door lock with automatic latch we have to sneak into their apartment through the window or through the door.

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FIGHTING FROM MURMANSK

FIGHTING FROM MURMANSKThis “bouzoukia” developed in the aeromodelling circle regional station of young technicians in the city of Murmansk. Speaking with her at the regional competitions, an eighth-grader Sasha of Beidou became the champion among students. Design feature — a fiberglass sock of the wing, much increasing its survivability.

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METAPHOR

METAPHORIsn’t that a stark contrast: while the fields of collective and state farms are treated today powerful “Kirov workers”, the private plots of rural workers in the old plow at best plow horse, and at worst — just dig with a shovel. This work is unproductive, time-consuming, moreover, requires considerable physical effort. That’s why many of the “homebrew” without waiting for the industry mastered the production of agricultural micro-technology, develop and produce motology and microfracture, cultivators and power hoes. In today’s publishing, you will be able to meet with the drawings and description of a homemade motor-plow, constructed a work of pumping plant VI Petruna from the village Svessa, Yampolsky district, Sumy region. Design although it did not meet all the requirements of modern design, completely reliable and fully justifies the name of metaphora.

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UNCLAIMED PERFECTION

UNCLAIMED PERFECTIONStill thundering salvos of the Russo-Japanese war, an armored cruiser of Kamimura had to prove his suitability to participate in a line battle, along with the “senior comrades” — the Armadillo, and on the stocks of all the major naval powers had already laid the ships of this class, belonging to a new generation. Designers “squeezed” from all the extra projects and used the latest advances of modern technology, making their products more and more rational and powerful. In fact, the armored cruiser has ceased to be a cruiser in the old sense of the word — single by raider, intended to hunt for enemy merchant vessels. Huge, armored giants, carrying more powerful artillery, which was definite overkill for the intended objectives. In the naval doctrines of the cruisers now are basically given the role of scouts in the squadron, fast avant-garde is able to disperse the enemy’s patrols, giving them the opportunity to observe the deployment of private line squadrons. In fact, the last armored cruiser was created on the principle of “ship vs ship”.