SPEAKERS

speakersPopularity of electronic musical instruments, an increasing number of Amateur youth and pop ensembles caused an increased demand for powerful, high quality low-frequency amplifiers. The industry has developed serial production of ULF with output power from 50 to 100 watts for a variety of ensembles (“trembita” 80 watts “Podilia” — 50 watt, ULF-100— 100 watts). Yes, and Amateurs created many interesting designs concert reinforcement equipment.

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CURLY… PODTSVETOCHNIKI

THE CURLING... PODTSVETOCHNIKITHE CURLING... PODTSVETOCHNIKIThe flowers — and even artificial — always decorate the room. They look much better when they selected a suitable place on the wall, windowsill or table. For potted plants are usually made of podtsvetochniki light tables for a high leg or a special stand. They are convenient because they can be moved together with flowers. The design of stands and materials for them, perhaps, the same as colors, but I want to offer.

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GARDEN SOFA-TRANSFORMER

SOFA CONVERTIBLEThe picture online garden sofa which can be transformed into a table with two benches, inspired by its design. Nothing really new come did not, but decided to replace the wooden frame on metal of steel tubes of rectangular and square (those that were available) – after all the product was supposed to operate in the garden, under the open sky. In addition, simplified and design – has ruled out a bench.

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MICRO-BLERIOT

MICRO-BLERIOTAt the Moscow city competitions on indoor models in 1975, first place went to Evgeny Ermakov. His model is a copy of the “blériot XI” rubber engine showed in the three games great duration: 60, 64, and 50 C. None of the Soviet airplanes have not demonstrated a flight duration rezinomotornaya room-models. How is “micro-Bleriot XI”?

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AND REMEMBER, AND WILL GIVE A SIGNAL

AND REMEMBER, AND WILL GIVE A SIGNALDigital multimeter in a new role. Inexpensive digital multimeters M-830В today widely used not only in industry but also in everyday life: for example, to measure the voltage in the network or at the terminals of the battery, the “continuity” of electric circuits. Supplemented with consoles, developed by radio Amateurs, they also find application in the measurement temperature, frequency of rotation of the motor shaft…

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PAHARI PERMAFROST

PAHARI PERMAFROSTPermafrost. It’s like she belongs to another planet, land special properties… and untold riches. Under its thickness are oil, coal, ores, gas. Cut frozen shell — and treasure these will be in the hands of the people. But to have succumbed to ice, a solid, need special structures need different than usual, engineering approach.

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FAREWELL TO “FIELD”

FAREWELL TO Four-wheel drive SUV VAZ-2121 “Niva”. This car became a real sensation in the domestic automotive industry. Her appearance was preceded by numerous rumors, speculation and gossip. Soviet motorist, not spoiled by the quality of the roads, has long been needed comfortable passenger all wheel drive SUV, which could with equal success to all around the pavement and the road. And in 1977 he descended from the conveyor of the Volga automobile plant’s first mass—produced all-wheel drive Niva.

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“PRIEST” AND “SEXTON” SELF — PROPELLED HOWITZER OF THE ALLIES

From the beginning of the Second world war in the United States of America closely followed the fighting in Europe and I must say, doing generally the right conclusions from the experience of others. In particular, did not go unnoticed and the first evidence of the use by German forces self-propelled artillery. In 1940 the Americans launched work on the creation of artillery systems of similar purpose. As in the case of self-propelled tank destroyers (“modelist-Konstruktor” No. 1, 2002), the first versions of ACS, armed with field howitzers, was established on the basis of half-track armored personnel carrier M3. On the first set, the swinging part 75-mm mountain howitzer M1A1 on the second — 105-mm field howitzer М2А1. These machines received the designation T30 T19 NMS and NMS, respectively. The abbreviation NMS stands for Howitzer Motor Carriage, which literally means “the engine crew howitzer”, but in the semantic — self-propelled howitzer.

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