OLD BIKE – NEW WALK-BEHIND

OLD MOTORCYCLE - NEW WALK-BEHIND TRACTORDuring design development we present motoblock tried to solve three tasks. First, maximum use of to manufacture standing for several years without case motorcycle “Minsk”. Secondly, to be able to make at home, with minimal turning and without using expensive parts. Finally, third, we wanted to make a walk-behind tractor, which would be a good mechanical helper in the household with a plot of land: that it was earth to plow, potatoes and other root vegetables to plant, inter-row cultivation of plants run, and the harvest be removed and relocated.

The tillers turned out pretty good, it met expectations and tested to work in severe conditions.

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CATAMARAN MATTRESSES

CATAMARAN ON THE MATTRESSESFor lovers of hikes of the day off prefer to relax on the water, great interest will present an unusual variant of the lightweight catamaran, published in the Hungarian magazine “Earmaster”. This is a single pleasure “boat” with a rowing treadle, which is based on two beach inflatable mattress They are used without modification or any improvement, therefore retain its traditional meaning. And to go on them in a small swimming — perhaps fishing or just a ride — enough to lay a small wooden frame with attached to it a conventional folding chair, popular with vacationers and retirees.

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MUFFLER – ASSEMBLY DIFFICULT

MUFFLER - ASSEMBLY DIFFICULTInterest in homemade silencers due primarily to the poor quality of serial products. It is quite natural Amateur designer to improve their technique. Of course, significantly improve engine power due to the muffler at a given noise level of the exhaust gases is almost impossible, but to eliminate some of the shortcomings of industrial designs is still quite real.

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SOVIET LIGHT TANK T-30

SOVIET LIGHT TANK T-30SOVIET LIGHT TANK T-30. Scale model 1:25.

Floating tank T-40 serially produced in the USSR since 1940 and was intended to replace the T-37A and T-38. As its predecessors, its design was widely used by the automobile units and mechanisms. The engine and transmission were located at the right side, so the tower with the DShK and DT was shifted to the left side. The tank hull was made of rolled armor plates connected by rivets and welding. The undercarriage of the vehicle consisted of four rubber-tions of rollers on Board with individual torsion bar suspension. For the movement in the water in the lower part of the stern of the hull was installed in a niche of the couple-trehlopastnye screw and two vodorodnoe the helm. By June 1941 the Red Army had 220 tanks T-40. However, the first fights showed the lack of weapons this tank, as it mostly used as reconnaissance and for direct support of infantry. As floating it has almost never been used.

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LIGHT CONTROLS THE DOOR

LIGHT CONTROLLED BY THE DOORDevice for automatically switching-off the lights in the bathroom (dressing) room are designed to seamlessly allow the following situations:
1. In the served room is unoccupied, the door is closed or locked from the outside, the light is not lit.
2. Still in the bathroom (the toilet) no one. However, the door is open and lights are on. This situation occurs when the mean in the bathroom (toilet) for something: for example, a rag or a bucket or to execute the cleaning.
3. Inside behind a locked door is a man and the light in this room must be turned on (lit lamp ЕL1).

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GAZEBO IN THE GARDEN

GAZEBO GARDENIn a quiet corner of the garden of his manor house planted Douglas fir. Three years have passed. The tree grew, grew. And then came the idea to build a small gazebo that over time, the fir in a hot summer day will cover the shadow of its branches. At leisure even made a sketch of the structure. But, as is often the case, the embodiment of the idea was hampered by lack of materials, but rather the allocation of the family budget for their purchase, as the case was not so urgent. But the idea to give is not wanted. Began to ponder how to carry out the construction, so it was not expensive, but beautiful: the house — building rather for the soul, and finding it should be fun.

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LIGHT AMPHIBIAN BE-103

EASY AMPHIBIAN BE-103On the globe there are numerous plots of land that has an extensive Maritime border and a significant number of inland waters. To the greatest extent meet these criteria Canada, North Eastern United States, Australia, New Zealand, the Asia-Pacific region, Latin America, the Caribbean, Siberia and the far East of the Russian Federation. All these and other island territories represent the most promising market for light aircraft amphibians, especially because in most of the above countries and regions already have experience of using this technique. Today in operation there are a few thousand light seaplanes and amphibians.

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ALL-SEASON ATV “4X4”

ALL-SEASON ATV 4X4In the design of this Rover, the designer-a lover of L. Antonov of Kirishi of the Ryazan region have sought to make year-round and reliable off-road machine with small dimensions and weight, equipped with enclosed cab for three people — the driver and two passengers. The result was an all-terrain vehicle on the tires low pressure with the wheel formula 4×4, constructed according to the scheme of the vehicle with “broken” frame and with the original transmission.
For the first half year of operation of the machine has been more than three thousand kilometers, and the author of the design of any significant comment on the durability, reliability, manageability and the terrain to the Rover was not.

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