WITH SAIL – IN THE HANDS

WITH SAIL - IN THE HANDS OFIn the early 70-ies I happened to be a member of origin in the country of Windsurfing. In those years, sailing enthusiasts Board has high hopes for its extensive and widespread, but, unfortunately, a truly massive this sport did not, although the number of adherents of the sail increased significantly over the past two decades.

EACH HOLE – ON THE SPOT

EACH HOLE - ON THE SPOTStarting to manufacture handmade furniture, a home master, most do not have the skills of carpenters professionals are faced with two main problems (not counting, of course, of the shortage of materials and tools) — how exactly to cut and how exactly to drill! Indeed, those who master these seemingly simple operations, it becomes on the shoulder almost any design, but… the skill takes time, and burned once, some often give up before they have lost all desire to make.

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AISLE DIFFERENT – THE TRACTOR ONE

AISLE DIFFERENT - ONE TRACTOR

Constructed by the readers of “M-K” mini-tractors, as a rule, are designed to perform agricultural work for General use. They strictly conditioned by the dimensions of the bridge track to change except that a permutation of the elements of the wheel, when the different location of disks and the rim allows to fit the machine to the varying width of the aisle. Interesting technical solution to a longstanding design problem to minimize the risk of damage to plants during the processing of row spacing of tilled crops mini-tractor, V. Chirkov suggested sabotage the village of Lotoshino (Moscow oblast). In his new machinery MT-7 (on the previous and highly acclaimed experts on VDNH USSR, see “M-K” 2/83) track width can easily be changed. As they say, by order! Because the front axle of this mini-tractor is sliding, and the required track width on the rear axle (taken from GAZ-51 with a subsequent shortening of his original technique) is achieved by replacing conventional wheels (right) on a special, fatty hub.

THE RETURN OF THE BOOMERANG

RETURNING BOOMERANG40 SECONDS IN THE AIR, THE RANGE OF DIRECT FLIGHT 114 M AND THE TOTAL LENGTH OF THE TRAJECTORY IS ABOUT ONE – THIRD OF THE KILOMETER- THESE ARE RECORD FIGURES RECORDED BY THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION BOOMERANG THROWERS. THIS EXOTIC SPORT HELD A KIND OF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, COLLECTING FROM ALL ENDS OF THE EARTH FOLLOWERS OF THE ANCIENT MARTIAL ART. TODAY HAS BECOME A PURE SPORT. IN ADDITION TO THESE RECORDS, IT IS INTERESTING TO MENTION: THE MAXIMUM DURATION OF FLIGHT OF THE BOOMERANG – 50.8 SECONDS AND THE SIMULTANEOUS PRESENCE IN THE AIR 14 BOOMERANGS, CONSISTENTLY RUNNING ONE ATHLETE!

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