The homemade microcar “Laika” is a frameless all-metal construction. Despite its small size and simplicity, the car provides comfortable seating for two people (driver and passenger), has two trunks, is sturdy, and maneuverable. Thanks to its low weight, high body, low engine power, relatively small wheels, and rear-wheel drive, Laika’s off-road capabilities are quite high. Read more…
“CINDERELLA” — that’s what the creators, students of the Sever School, named this versatile agricultural machine. The microtractor can perform over a dozen various operations: plowing, seeding, planting potatoes, thinning beets, mowing, and more. Improvements to “CINDERELLA” are ongoing as the students learn to operate it with other agricultural tools. The versatile small-sized agricultural machine Read more…
Did you know that many amateur-built aircraft have the BRO-11M glider as their basis – the initial training glider from the well-known Lithuanian aircraft designer B.I. Oshkinis? Quite simple to manufacture and reliable in operation, designed based on the principles of the classical school of aircraft design of the 1930s, the glider won the favor Read more…
In the club of young technicians in the Novosibirsk Academic Town, in the laboratory of experimental modeling and design, off-road vehicles called “Marsh” tricycles have been designed and built. The tricycle features a modern compact open-body design and a powerful IZH-56 engine installed at the rear above the vehicle’s leading axle. The engine is equipped Read more…
“What kind of terem-teremok is this? It’s not low, not high…” The dimensions of the house are indeed small, but, looking at the adjacent descriptions and diagrams, you will see that it has everything necessary. But, as they say, there are options: from the simplest ones depicted in the adjacent drawings to a quite comfortable Read more…
FLOATING CAR with an engine from a moped was successfully built by A. Nazarov from Yaroslavl. I want to introduce readers of “M-K” to the assembled amphibian. I designed it to practically solve a whole range of problems and contradictions that arise during the design process. There were quite a few of them, but the Read more…
Every Sunday, the gates of the “Buggy-ERMZ” sports section open. Cross-country cars, or buggies, with the characteristic noise of motorcycle engines, emerge onto the factory yard. Today is a training day. On this day, the most enthusiasts gather, and everyone wants to test their skills before the upcoming competitions. After all, the one who shows Read more…
By experience, we know that the appearance of the “Beetle-42” delta wing aircraft evokes many emotions and, naturally, questions. Let’s set aside the emotions and focus on the most significant question: why does it have a four-wheel chassis instead of a three-wheel one? Before answering, let’s recall that ground vehicles with three-wheel chassis and front-wheel Read more…
My technical creativity began as far back as I can remember. Of course, it all started with models and various useful things. My simple crafts were born at the end of the common yard, in the storage room. I had to be happy with such a place: after all, others didn’t even have a roof Read more…
In my amateur boatbuilding practice, it turned out that the small two-seater leisure catamaran “Ryba” is far from the first; I built it even later than the large four-seater tourist sea-faring one (also sail-powered). In some aspects, the small boat replicates the large one—for example, the two-hull (or more precisely, two-float) single-masted scheme, the set Read more…
