STRENGTH – THE HUB

THE STRENGTH OF THE HUBMore than two decades of operation legkomotornyh and sports bikes with an analysis of the ongoing failures has allowed us to develop a number of practical recommendations that may be of interest to readers-cyclists. Established, for example, the rear wheel goes down more often than the front. So, the front wheel of my “vsepogodnymi” has successfully passed about 100,000 km It still “feels good”.

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ASYMMETRICAL TRAILER

ASYMMETRICAL TRAILERThe owners of a motorcycle with a sidecar often wonder about how to increase its capacity? The original solution to this question offered a reader of our magazine A. Tatarnikov in his article “Compliant trailer”, published in the “Modeller-designer” ā„–12 for 1992. The design of its motorized with asymmetrical location of the node coupling and gauge coincides with the track of the tractor, has become quite popular among motorcyclists. Over the years, there are many versions of the famous trailer. Today is one of the latest and most interesting.

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MINI-HERCULES FROM BORNUKOVO

Many years spend their holidays together with the family and the village is Big Yak-Shen Nizhny Novgorod region. Lovely place, kind and friendly people, feasible physical labor on a small kitchen garden that still need a citizen to stay? Working in the magazine and receiving letters from Amateur designers from different regions of Russia, thought: why not get e-mails from places that have become to me already native? Really there moved their Kulibin? Became interested, to make inquiries and last summer’s arrival was pleasantly pleased.

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VIEW FROM THE ISS

VIEW FROM ISS

The international space station, abbr. ISS (eng. International Space Station, abbr. ISS) is a manned orbital station used as a multipurpose space research complex. ISS — a joint international project involving 15 countries (in alphabetical order): Belgium, Brazil, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Italy, Canada, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, USA, France, Switzerland, Sweden, Japan. Management is of the ISS: Russian segment from the center of the mission control in Korolev, the American segment of the mission control Center in Houston. Between the Centres there is a daily exchange of information.

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FLOWER GARDEN – DESIGN

FLOWER - DESIGNNo matter how popular among fans of flower beds to plant flowers, but they typically differ little from garden beds. And this impression does not save the attempt to Refine them with different bordjurchikami of bricks, savorotocnami from random pipes or, even worse, the tires from automobile wheels. In addition, these beds permanent “residence”: they can not if necessary where-that to move without being destroyed.

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THE MAST ON THE ROOF

MAST ON THE ROOF

It is probably impossible to imagine a contemporary house without radio and television. But for good reception of distant stations, TV channels (as well as for individual communication on approved frequencies) need a good, raised high above the ground antenna. So, not to do good without masts. Only here where to put them and how to fix?

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