SUCH A DIFFICULT REVIVAL

SUCH A DIFFICULT REVIVALThe hardest for Russia the First world war, followed by even more destructive for the country’s civil war, rejected the Navy powers for many years. The winning “red” had to use the pieces of the former “Imperial” power. This was the case with the submarines. In the 1920-ies in the system was gradually introduced surviving pre-war units, and not always the best. Rather, the best preserved, which can be put into service without a Herculean effort and cost. As for the future, the legacy remained a motley bunch of projects for the development of domestic “leopards” overseas “Holland” and “products” of the Italian Laurent, who were in very different stages of development. An important problem was that the cut for several years by the global military-technical thought Soviet Russia could not make good use of the experience gained in the development and operation of submarines in other countries during world war II.

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PIONEER MOTOR CLUB

PIONEER AUTOMOTORAnd then not only did these guys on their skittish mechanized horses! That famously drove past us one after another, zdybel homemade motorcycle on the rear wheel. Then, giving the engine full throttle, broke on a steep sandy slope. We have made a dashing jumping, landing, as befits the masters of motorcycle sport, on the rear wheel.

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ALFA ROMEO 6C 2500 SS

ALFA ROMEO 6C 2500 SSA company called Anonima Lombarda Fabbrica Automobili. which subsequently became the acronym ALFA, was established in June 1910. First released it the car had a high speed, power and stability on the road. In 1915 the head of the firm was the engineer and entrepreneur N. Romeo, whose name is the second part of the name of the world famous automobile company Alfa Romeo.

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WALKING ELECTROACTIVE

WALKING ELECTROACTIVEThe idea of creating a small four-wheeled carriage with electric drive for pleasure trips in the picturesque surroundings of Peterhof came to us last year. Before that, we built two-wheeled machine as a drive unit used for electric drill, powered by a car battery through the transistor voltage Converter.

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GOMEL SCHEME

GOMELA lot of interesting instruments created in radio school of the Gomel Palace of pioneers and schoolchildren named after V. I. Lenin. Here are some of them: pulse the flash and the instrument for testing high-power transistors developed by members of the group Valery Denisenko and Sergey Skruzny.

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“TROIKI” TO “THREE”

Car Golf-class AUDI A3 production in 2003. Not so long ago in the journal “modelist-Konstruktor” was published an article about a German firm Audi and one of the most interesting cars — AUDI A4 (see the “modelist-Konstruktor” No. 2, 2002). The article mentioned about other modern machines produced by this company, in particular, about the car-class Golf AUDI A3 1996 issue. Knowing the reader’s interest in cars of this class, more democratic compared to the expensive bourgeois “Quartet”, the editors assumed to tell the magazine about the AUDI A3. However, while we were collecting materials about this model, the firm is prepared to release a brand new “three” — AUDI A3 2003 issue. However, to write about the new car, comparing it with its predecessor, was even more interesting.

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FISHING? IN A JEEP!

FISHING? IN A JEEP!Winter fishing — an occupation for the most persistent. Try-ka in the cold to spend the whole day at the wells — there will not save any coat, no tent, no “forty degrees warmer”. However, indulge in a favorite hobby can be and in a comfortable environment. You only need to get a special all-terrain vehicle on low pressure tires with a closed heated cabin, in which all fit for his beloved winter fishing.

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BAIT AND HUNTERS

BAIT AND HUNTERSOnly six months after the outbreak of the First world war Britain, the strongest Maritime power, it seemed, had no rivals on the oceans, was in dire Straits. New, not taken seriously weapons — submarines — now threatened to “foggy Albion” hunger and deprivation.

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SPORTS EQUIPMENT OF CHAMPIONS

THE GYM OF CHAMPIONSBefore talking about the first rocket model, a few words about its designer — Alexander Tarasov. He lives in a small Siberian town of Yugorsk (Tyumen oblast), employs a facilitator Fock firm “Tyumentransgaz”. More than ten years, rocketmodeler Yugorsk perform successfully in competitions of all levels. His son Alex was the winner of the Cup “Alex” 2001, and other graduate — V. Pirogov became the owner of the same Cup in 2002, winners of the Championships of Russia there were many students Tarasova.

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