A ROTOR INSTEAD OF A PARACHUTE

ROTOR INSTEAD OF A PARACHUTEGeneral interest competitions rakatomalala (the first open championship of Asia and championship of Russia) resulted in a model of Rotorua (class Ѕ9А) Russian athlete Vladimir Menshikov. Will talk about it in detail. This model is schematically recall the development of the first of rotochutes (1994 — 1996) at the dawn of this category. It was then suggested that a similar version V. Menshikov. But the current model is at a higher technical level. It does not apply to the type of rotochutes container type. The body of the model consists of four blades made from balsa plates with a thickness of 1 mm. folded along the axis of the model, each blade, or rather its width (chord), is 1/4 of the circumference of a circle with a diameter of 40 mm.

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WITH COTTON — TIGHT

The surfaces are usually not only previously degreased, but cleaned with sandpaper to get the roughness that increases the strength of the connection. The same effect can be achieved if between the abutting surfaces to lay impregnated with glue a thin layer of cotton wool: it will increase glue area and grip will get stronger.

SHOVEL-DOZER

It is not necessary to prevent the buildup of snow on the tracks, it is better to clean them immediately after a snowfall while the layer is still small, and Neoplatonist, fluffy, and easy to work with. Given this, we can use a shovel appropriate design, similar to the dozer blade. Two sheets of plywood Read more…

“KLINTSY” — UNIVERSAL MECHANICAL PATTERN

To check the symmetry of the punch of a model of the ship on the drawing manufactures all of its frames (or polosamote). Although this work is easy, but requires time and material cost. For ship modeling clubs and laboratories, which launched production models of ships of various classes, I suggest using a universal mechanical pattern. It reliably and quickly provides control of compliance with the hull lines of the model of the vessel its theoretical drawing and defines even the most minor asymmetry to each side of the punch.

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PLATE WITH TEETH

PLATE WITH TEETHIn the journal “modelist-Konstruktor” was published an article by a teacher from the city of Severodvinsk Vladimir Arkhipov, dedicated to the manufacture of plastic fine-grained cylindrical gears for motor car, ship and plane models on the example of gear made of polyethylene with the basic settings of m = 0.8 mm and z = 8. Continuing the theme, the author offers the readers a mold similar to the previous one, but with one fundamental difference — it is designed for making small batches of disc gears with the end location of the tooth.

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COMFORT… UNDER THE STAIRS

COMFORT... UNDER THE STAIRSThis area may be under the stairs not only in the country with an attic, but in the modern duplex apartments as living room and kitchen downstairs, and bedrooms upstairs. And usually this “Appendix” is seldom used as such, even a small space can be equipped diligently and thriftily, and, as evidenced by the Polish magazine “Throb himself”, is available for solo performances of pieces of furniture. The more that trade provides such a convenient and non-deficient materials, such as particleboard, furniture Board, wooden bars, wooden boards, slats, which can be treated with the usual household tools such as a hacksaw, drill, jigsaw, chisels, and screwdrivers and, of course, a hammer.