Our magazine has already talked about year-round windsurfer, is able with equal success to move on the water, snow and ice (see “M-K” № 11, 1987).
Fighting aircraft of the American athlete D. Stubblefield at the last world Cup cordovil held in Kiev, many attracted by the simplicity of the design. The main material used for its construction — a light polystyrene foam, similar in weight and strength in the domestic packaging.
First of all, let me ask you a question: can a student-constructor of ship models do with their hands, without the help of a group leader, to create a good copy of a military ship? Most likely the answer will be negative.
A lot can be called the factors contributing to the decline in the popularity of automodelisme among boys. The problem is not only with good engines, but even with fuel for training, the problem of space for training korovikov or “black” issue radios to the most interesting kinds of models of class RS and similar… to be honest — all this leads not only to a drop mass, but also to the closure of a number of circles of automodelisme.
For a man, far from technical creativity, the expression “reinvent the wheel” has a negative connotation: a waste of time, repetition of already traversed. However, the designer-Amateur gives it a different meaning. He rightly believes that nobody is perfect that new technique you can even find on the beaten road, and continues to look. …Muscovite Vyacheslav Kabatov came to the editorial office with his seven year old son. They brought a bike that… Well, him.
Our magazine was one of the main popularizers of the recently introduced family of ATVs — vehicles for low pressure tires. All season, excellent permeability, the ability not to disturb the vegetation when moving through the forest or the tundra — the dignity of vehicles of this type immediately attracted the attention of lovers of Amateur technical creativity. And after the publication of the drawings one of the most successful designs — terrain vehicle “Harp” Vyacheslav Laukhina (see “M-K” № 5, 1984) — in our country there were hundreds of machines of the same scheme.
We offer a simple glider is designed for young athletes, students 4-5 classes. The model is simple to manufacture, does not contain elements from scarce materials and can be recommended for “small batch production” in all circles of the cart.
It turns out that the bike besides one of the most ancient modes of transport: it is depicted on the recently discovered risuna Leonardo da Vinci related and 1495, that is, will soon celebrate its quincentenary.And at the same time, the bike is forever young, because with each new development it seems to be reborn. Today there are more than 20 thousand patents for a variety of venoconstriction! And the search continues. And it involves not only professional designers, but also a large army of Amateur enthusiasts and fans of pedal techniques, including readers of our magazine. The direction of this search are diverse, but among them we can highlight some General trends.
Air combat… the Popularity of this class has been and will remain unchanged. Let some say that today to do battle is not so “prestigious” — the whole world goes to RC vehicles, and they are the future of modeling. However, it is sufficient to recall how the number of participants going in competitions at all grades Svobodnaya! No less important is the class F2D (air combat). His “asset” — the accessibility in technology, entertainment performances, a high degree of sportiness. The first quality allows you to cultivate a class F2D almost everywhere, regardless of the availability of materials. But, unfortunately, this factor often determines the possibility of the existence of one or the other asiacruise.