A STRATEGIC MISTAKE OF THE EMPIRE

A STRATEGIC MISTAKE OF THE EMPIREIt is not easy to assess the situation in the world that has developed after the First world war. The defeated German Empire is the largest country in Western Europe fizzled out in the universal race of ambition and the fight for the championship. Near the bottom of the “pit” was Russia, which was drained almost six years of fighting and revolution. The formal winners — Britain and France suffered during the four years of the “great grinder” too great losses in men, and in the media. The role of a leading world power increasingly passed into the hands of “overseas uncle”. The future seemed vague and incomprehensible.

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POTICA AND BROACH

Deformed copper or brass wire you can make a perfectly smooth and straight in just a minute. Board hammer in a few nails to pass through them the wire, as shown in the figure and stretch it, storing the coil or drum. Wire, covered with insulating enamel, stretching in this way is not recommended — Read more…

CATAPULT ON THE TABLE

CATAPULT ON THE TABLEWhen there are no guns, no shotguns, no revolvers. People fought with spears, swords, and just rocks. In ancient times during the siege of fortresses used a special weapon for throwing large stones, catapult. In these simple military machines were used “energy” twisted ropes made of sinews.

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PILOTAGE: MANEUVERABILITY PLUS STABILITY

PILOTAGE: MANEUVERABILITY PLUS STABILITYThe attention of many modelers are attracted to the photos (“M-K”, No. 10, 1979) on the international competition teams of the socialist countries on aviamodelling sports. The editors have received many letters with the request to give more details about the model of the winner of these competitions the master of sports of international class Anatoly Kolesnikov from Frunze. To fulfill these wishes. L. Kolesnikov talks about his Cordoba flight.

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