ICE BIRD

ICE BIRD“Ice bird” called athletes Buer-“vosjmimetrovaya” for his high speed and the ease with which it allows you to make turns and maneuver. Especially for “sense the wind”: the throttle response, as told to motorists. Finally, the ability to immediately respond to any request of the steering: “good message” — would have celebrated horsemen. This is true, because his “power to weight ratio” — the ratio of the area of the sail to the total weight of the glider is higher than other types. But still Berestov attracts you to a free class: if the rest are monotypes, and must exactly match your standard, there are great opportunities for creativity, experiment.

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SILENT AND SWIFT

SILENT AND SWIFTRiding on the electric chart is this — silent and swift. We got it, which is the usual standard cards. The internal combustion engine is removed and the seat moved forward by 100 mm, which allowed to install on the frame between it and the rear axle battery 6CT-132. This arrangement lowered the center of gravity and improved weight distribution on the wheels.

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LAMP FOR WORKBENCH

LIGHT BENCHIt is not always possible to place the lamps over the workbench so that they are evenly illuminated throughout its length. We offer you to make a lamp, whose position can be adjusted as necessary by moving the bracket with shade up and down and from side to side. Rather, it is the lamps, which, as he expected, suspended to the wall. The basis of his frame. Moving away from her two consoles: they are clamped to the vertical strut. On the rack moves the sliding block with bracket lamp. The cord can be clipped to the bracket by passing it through a pair of drilled holes.

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OVERSEAS THE CONCEPT OF “LIGHTNESS”

OVERSEAS, THE CONCEPT OF Admirals of the United States of America long resisted the emergence in its fleet of light cruisers, preferring the beloved “Washington” class. End to the resistance put by the London naval Treaty, limitirovanie not only limit the size of ships of different classes, but the total capacity allocated for each class. Although the Americans became happy owners of the largest quotas for heavy cruisers — 18 units, but almost all of it was already selected. There was nothing left to do but go to build a less ambitious units, weapons which could not exceed the caliber of 155 mm.

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THE FLOORBOARD CREAKED

CREAKED THE FLOORBOARDSEventually, the old plank floors are beginning to demand greater attention: that the weakened floorboards start to play under my feet and to communicate by squeaks, reminding of the famous comic musical play “kitten on the keys”; the rotting boards threatening to break; the knots were narrowed and povyskakivali from the boards forming the floor of the through hole.

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