AIRSHOW MAKS-2011

AIRSHOW MAKS-2011

Currently, the international aviation and space salon MAKS deservedly occupies a leading place among major world aviation forums.

The main goal of MAKS is to demonstrate Russian high technologies and openness of the domestic market of Russia for joint projects with foreign partners.

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GIDROSTROITEL A6M2-N “RUTH”

GIDROSTROITEL A6M2-N RUTHIn the period between the First and Second world wars, aviation was developing rapidly. After analyzing the experience of the last war, countries with long Maritime borders, much attention was paid to the development of seaplanes, for which there was no need to build expensive airports. The logical consequence of this concept was the emergence of a seaplane fighter. Many countries have conducted experiments in this direction, but Japan brought the case to the end, mass-produced gidrostroitel, and is widely used in the fighting.

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BIPLANE CHERNIKOV

Last summer, the head asiacruise Vnukovo house of culture (Moscow) Amateur pilot, Andrey Chernikov demonstrated are designed and built with his own hands a single biplane rather complicated maneuvers over the airfield Expanse in the Vladimir region.

The plane does not yet have a certificate of airworthiness due to financial and organizational difficulties. However, it was built in accordance with the requirements for aircraft of this type. Today Andrey is your plane the readers of our website.

Before proceeding to describe the structure of the aircraft, will have to talk a little bit about the history of its creation And it was created ultralight aircraft (ULTRALIGHTS or ultralight) in the circle of aviation at Vnukovo DK. Guys, as in other similar clubs, has built various sports models were (and not without success) in the competition. Mastering the basics of the theory and practice of aircraft, the club came to the idea of building this aircraft, however small, on which it would be possible to climb into the sky.

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VELOKART

VELOCETA few years ago for her sons made a small recumbent (and judging by the size or design — it would be more accurate to call it melakarta). Children machine like, and they, along with the neighborhood kids for hours chased her down the quiet streets.

 

For a sample, took the simple design bezprovodnogo mini-car, the publication of which was in the journal “modelist-Konstruktor” No. 3 for 1977. That year, studying in the third grade, I convinced dad to draw me a subscription to the journal, a binder which in the following years I not only preserve, but still find in them much useful.

 

Now the sons of this car has grown, but the youngest often takes out her into the street, where among kids is a lot of wanting to ride in it. And he still does not refuse myself the pleasure pedal and the steering wheel a Cycling card.

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REWRITABLE PAPER

REWRITABLE PAPERResearchers from the Taiwan Institute of industrial technology (ITRI) has created a new type of media called i2R e-Paper, text and images which can be printed and erased dozens of times.

Sheet i2R e-Paper is covered with plastic film with cholesteric liquid crystals which do not have Central symmetry. To get the image on this “paper” it is necessary to pass through a thermal printer. Erased by re-processing in the device.

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ULTRA-RELIABLE DRIVES

ULTRA WHEELSThe company Milleniata together with LG Corporation assumes in the very near future to develop the “eternal wheels” that can store information indefinitely long time.

Of course, in addition to discs will also be released the player who can not only read data from these disks, but to write to them. M-Disc can be read in any domestic player.

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ALUMINUM FOIL

ALUMINUM FOILAluminum foil and materials on its basis are widely applied in packaging thanks to the unique protective and decorative properties.

Analyzing its functional properties, we can easily see that it has a number of very significant advantages compared to other packaging materials.
Proof. When the thickness of the foil 0.025 mm and higher it is almost impermeable to vapours and gases. Even with the thickness of 0.009 mm, the degree of water vapor transmittance is only 0.01 g/m2 per day, which can be considered more than acceptable.

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