THE AIRCRAFT THAT STARTED THE WAR

THE AIRCRAFT THAT STARTED THE WAR(Bomber-torpedo bomber Nakajima B5N). The first mention of the Japanese torpedo bombers appeared almost a hundred years ago – in April 1916, when at an aircraft factory Naval Arsenal in Yokosuka, was designed by the first aircraft of this type. In its development, took an active part Navy Lieutenant Chikuhei Nakajima, the future head of the eponymous Japanese company. However, the domestic aircraft do not generate interest from the Navy, which chose to seek the assistance of foreign experts.

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TOILET PAPER

TOILET PAPER

Every day we use a huge amount of things and have almost ceased to notice them. But it turns out in the production of minor things at first glance hides a lot of interesting and informative. Entertainment “Conveyor MK” reveals the secrets of making the most ordinary things at first glance. Tonight, the TOILET PAPER.

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AND THE DOOR — LIKE NEW!

AND THE DOOR — AS NEW!This is a rare “phenomenon” can not be called: stops normally to close the door. If a bit has settled in the loops — it is easily fixable. It is enough to enclose under it a sheet of sandpaper several times to close-to open to bottom steals the desired layer. For more severe the drawdown, the door should be removed and the loop to attach the appropriate thickness washer, but does not help to resort to using a plane to shave from the lower edge of the desired layer (Fig. 1).

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BIKE “ON THE CONTRARY”? The VELOMOBILE!

ON THE CONTRARY BIKE - RECUMBENT!In the journal “modelist-Konstruktor” No. 4’2003 was a good publication about the interesting developments of the members of the club of Tambov veloturistov: different models for every taste with comfortable armchairs, an efficient muscular actuators and stable three-wheeled chassis.
Among these original homemade is one model that is fundamentally new in the environment of velomobiles, as she, like a normal bike, two-Wheeler! By construction, the model is simple, although it requires a special frame-the console with the extracted BB node. Off the bike they can be comfortable fit of the driver on the sports car reclining. I made a prototype and have tested it, because somehow I could not believe that you can ride a two-wheeled car almost lying on his back.

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“Eye” – ELECTRONIC EYE

The front door is equipped with a useful gadget. Recently in the market of electronic devices there is a new curious gadget – an electronic peephole with the simple title “Eye”, equipped with a camera capable of operating in the infrared range, buzzer and LCD display, which is proposed to be installed on metal doors.
Standard door viewer allows you to look at the visitor, only if the landlord is inside. If the guest has not appeared in the absence of the owner, the latter may not know about such a visit. Electronic peephole “Eye” is designed to solve such a problem. Novelty is a device consisting of a doorbell, a compact camera and panel with LCD-display which must be attached to the inner side of the front door.

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BLINDS

BLINDS

Every day we use a huge amount of things and have almost ceased to notice them. But it turns out in the production of minor things at first glance hides a lot of interesting and informative. Entertainment “Conveyor MK” reveals the secrets of making the most ordinary things at first glance. Tonight, the BLINDS.

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MAIN BATTLE TANK T-90

Main battle tank T-90S The main drawback of T-72 tanks of all modifications, compared to other cars of the Soviet and foreign production of those years was the lack of an automated fire control system (FCS). In this regard, it was decided to conduct a deep modernization “semdesyatdvoyki.” This work took place under the theme “improving the T-72B” defined by the Council of Ministers of the USSR of June 19, 1986. The original design took place under the leadership of V. N. Venediktov, and after his 1987 retirement – under the leadership of new chief designer V. I. Potkin.

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