The idea of creating this vehicle originated with me a long time ago, after watching a story in the “You Can Do It” program about skiers with backpack aeropropulsion. It was clear that the legs of the motorized athletes were very tense, and the heavy equipment on their shoulders rocked them as they moved. To Read more…
Everyone, of course, has their own concerns. For example, problems associated with the mechanization of harvesting, say, peppermint, are unlikely to seriously interest me. It’s a different matter with potatoes, which in terms of their importance and value are not without reason called second bread. How difficult it is! It’s not enough to plant and Read more…
To get a sailboat – even the simplest one! – one desire is not enough. You have to incur expenses that are sometimes completely ruinous for the family budget. And it takes a lot of time to build such a boat. However, there is a way out – quite accessible and inexpensive. It consists of Read more…
A “car” in combination with a cargo trailer is an extremely convenient vehicle. However, it is not without its shortcomings, which sometimes negate all its advantages. In particular, the maneuverability of a passenger car is significantly reduced and it becomes almost impossible to move in reverse – after all, motorists, unlike professional drivers, are poor Read more…
This small aircraft attracted attention at the Tushino International Salon in June 1995. It differed from other similar ones in its somewhat unusual layout. In a conversation with its creators, it turned out that such a design decision was made as a result of deep theoretical and experimental work carried out by the authors in Read more…
The idea to build a trailer cottage came during the operation of the previous one, also mobile (see “Model designer No. 5′, 2005). Let me remind you that that dacha was collapsible with a soft roof and smaller in size, since it was initially tied to the dimensions of the Skif-2M trailer. And although each Read more…
A few years ago I came across plans for creating a bamboo dome, and this idea stuck in my head. No one was building such domes at that time (and even now I have found only two examples using this principle), and I wanted to try. I started with a scale model about a meter Read more…
The motor-sailing vessel (SMS), which will be discussed, was built on the basis of the finished hull of an existing model of a torpedo boat, made on a scale of 1:4. I got the hull of the model, 7.4 m long along the waterline, at almost a bargain price, when in the mid-1980s, during another Read more…
Do you like to read books at night, but don’t want to disturb the surrounding bright light? Then this wireless book clip is just what you need! In this article I will tell you how to create a compact and lightweight lamp with your own hands that can be easily attached to a book or Read more…
Freshly squeezed apple cider is incredibly delicious. It’s very different from store-bought apple juice and much more enjoyable. But, as a rule, such cider is not cheap. However, apples are cheap and plentiful here, so it would be logical to make your own cider press. So my niece Rachel and I decided to build it Read more…
