“TRACTOR”, WHICH DOES NOT PLOW

The car was built in the days when I realized that the promised “reformers” two cars in exchange for vouchers, not only to me but also most Russians have never get. While we had to work more, and life became worse. On the salary they were paid very irregularly, could not buy a car. But it was necessary to survive. The hope remained only on the earth-mother — only she could help. But the suburban area was far outside the city, and get to it there is nothing.

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GEAR FOR SNOWMOBILE

REDUCER FOR SNOWMOBILEDesigners snowmobiles know that linking directly to the crankshaft of the engine and the propeller is unprofitable: too high engine speed do not allow to use aredigital optimally. To reduce the propeller revolutions Amateur designers use chain gear, ploskostopie belts, banded V-belt transmission. You can meet the most reliable and compact single-stage gear reducers. As a rule, however, they are quite complicated. The most simple design managed to develop one of the enthusiastic Amateur “aerosanitary” from the city of Tchaikovsky, Perm region M. Psarev. On the processability of the mechanism at least tells TC that he “produced” a kind of microseries — was repeated at least five times. Today we introduce you to drawings and manufacturing technology of the gear.

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ECONOMICAL VELOPLIVD

Almost all designs drive bikes have a common drawback that reduces their efficiency. This defect is uneconomical expenditure of muscular energy in the change efforts from one foot to the other during the passage of the pedals ‘dead spots’ (the vertical position of the connecting rod). A large part of the muscular effort at this point is directed to the axis of rotation of the pedals and not so much does the useful work, how much increases the wear of the bearings of the carriage. No wonder the cyclists before the withdrawal of the rods from the vertical position. As a result the course begins with partial loss of muscular energy, which causes premature fatigue of the cyclist.

TWO SHEETS OF PLYWOOD AND A DINGHY!

TWO SHEETS OF PLYWOOD AND A DINGHY!If you live not too far from the pond, make our drawings Dinghy, and you will experience all the delights of sailing. But if this ancient engine is not too attract you, the body of the Dinghy can be used as the basis for small motor boats or rowing Dinghy. Materials for it will require only two sheets of plywood and pine slats.

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… FLOATING CLAMSHELL

FLOATING CLAMSHELL...Here come the summer. Where are you going to spend it? If near water, we propose to construct the original floating tool – equiped, that is a Pedalo. He will give you the opportunity to sit in on the morning dawn with a fishing rod, ride on the pond, to explore its most hidden corners.

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THE CORRUGATED BOARD MOTOR

CORRUGATED CARDBOARD WITH THE MOTORNot so long ago in the journal “modelist-Konstruktor” was about the simplest model of a glider made from a conventional packaging corrugated Board material although not aeromodelling, but it is durable, tough and light. By the way, a square meter of corrugated Board with a thickness of 3 mm has a weight of only 400 g, respectively, the density of this material is only 0.13 g/cm3! Experiments have shown that the durable and lightweight corrugated cardboard is well suited for creating flying models. Needed only in the cutting and processing of corrugated Board to consider some of its features and to use a knife-cutter, literally honed to razor sharpness, otherwise cut lines get ragged.

MODEL AIRCRAFT ALL-AROUND

MODEL AIRCRAFT ALL-AROUNDAll-around radio controlled model gliders (class F-3-B), which includes three flight exercises, is the youngest species of the competitions of flying models. It is flying on the duration, distance and speed. Place in the competition is determined by the sum of the results of the three exercises shown in the two flight rounds. In competition an athlete may use two models: allowed rearrangement of parts from one to another, however, the weight of the model and the maximum area of bearing surface shall not exceed respectively 5 kg and 150 DM2, and the load on an area of 12 and 75 g/DM2. The rules allow change of the geometry of surfaces in flight using radio control, but the transmission of information from the Board to the pilot is prohibited. The model was run for the guard rails, the movement of the Modeler’s assistant, engaged in towing, shall not exceed 150 m. a climb can be carried out with the help of the engine, for every 1 cm3 working volume of which (but not more than 2 cm3) shall be at least 100 g take-off weight of the model. It allowed the use of additional ballast. The engine operating time is limited to 45 C. To complete the exercise on the duration of the flight, the Modeler is given 8 min of working time at the start. The countdown of flight begins with the uncoupling of a rail (or stop the engine of a motor-glider). Every second in the air is estimated at one point. The maximum number is 360. For a flight over 6 min, the Modeler receives one penalty point for each extra second in the air (down to zero).