PARAGLIDING FOR BEGINNERS

PARAGLIDING FOR BEGINNERSAt first glance, what could be simpler than a training glider? A small lengthening of the wing profile is thick, the straps are short. The small set of characteristics, it would seem, is obliged to ensure that the novice pilot is quiet and comfortable flight. That may be so, but, unfortunately, the beginner quickly get tired of just plan, he wants higher and higher. And a struggle begins between the flight characteristics of the machine and the safety of the flight.

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JUICE – JACK

JUICE - JACKOffers another use of the Jack for household needs. More specifically, to processing of berries and fruit juice. And the Jack is used here as the fundamental principle of the press. Still need a welded structure of steel channel (or contracted heavy-duty steel brackets and studs log frame), which is put vertically and secured as shown in the figure.

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IN THE SKY — WITH THE ENGINE BEHIND

IN THE SKY WITH A MOTOR.In the late 80-ies of the family of light vehicles with a mechanical drive (from motorcycles and snowmobiles to ALS) enriched by a new species ultralight aircraft, received the official (according to the classification of the FAI) the name of the paraglider. However, in colloquial speech it is often called a paramotor (PM), implying underneath the whole apparatus. The word itself was born out of the brand one of the European firms.

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CANNED AT HOME

CANNED AT HOMEOf corned beef or tinned fish, hardly anyone will refuse. Delicious, ready to eat products, although factory made! And why, in fact, the only factory? Enough to hold of in mini-autoclave and to develop the production of any canned food right at home. All incurred costs will pay off fairly quickly. Especially when you have their own yards, their milk and meat, and fruits and vegetables.

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“BEGINNERS”: A UNIVERSAL SOLUTION

Despite various difficulties faced by modelers, RC aircraft are still interested in this most complex kind of modeling. Everyone who chose a specific type of equipment, immediately the question arises a considerable difficulty: how to lay model? The solution of this problem on the proposed development. The main principles which form the basis in the design of this RC model, steel of sufficient simplicity, accessibility and, most importantly, the high performance characteristics at different flight speeds and specific loads.

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PENDULUM SAW

CIRCULAR SAW

Talking about the Amateur designer E. Kulikov from the village of Bornukovo Nizhny Novgorod region, it should be noted that all of the units and mechanisms designed to facilitate the work and life of rural residents. Take one of the problems to be solved annually by villagers, and those living in most Russian towns, the firewood for the winter. Sawmilling “whips” on the wood stage in this process is the hardest and takes a lot of time and effort if cut manually. The same chainsaw is not all, and they are not cheap. That accounts for the villagers to cooperate using the same saw for a few yards at a time. Well, to chop the firewood is loose in the days of autumn or even winter.

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THE LITTLE ENGINE WITH A GREAT FUTURE

the LITTLE ENGINE WITH a GREAT FUTUREthe Impetus for this publication was a letter to the editor father and son Roganovich — our readers from the city of Pokhvistnevo Samara region. They sent a newspaper article entitled “Kurochkin invented the motor. “Toyota”, “Ford” and “Chrysler” panicked” and asked to tell more about this engine. Publications on this engine was not only in regional but also national press. You can learn from them about the fact that the invention protected by five patents of Russia, the international patent Bureau in Geneva notified the A. G. Kurochkin on the registration application and the temporary protection of copyright in 31 countries, including Canada, USA, South Korea, and Japan; some foreign car makers offered the inventor to continue working on the engine they have, but he refused, explaining the refusal by wish to leave his invention at Home, in Russia.

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TRANSPORT FOR WINTER

TRANSPORT FOR WINTERDouble snowmobile “SQUALL-3”. With the advent of motoparaplane and trikes culture of designing power plants with propellers significantly increased, and today Amateur designers create rotor setup with decent traction engines using relatively small power. Accordingly, began to appear more frequently and wingless versions of these vehicles – hovercraft, snowmobile and aerolizer.

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ROCKET – PARITEL’

ROCKET - PARITEL'In one of the rooms “M-K” in the report from the championship of Russia on model rockets, I noted the rocket plane category S4 Nikolay Tsygankov team in Murmansk region. I must say that the chosen scheme with a large wingspan (about 950 mm) and elongation of about 20 provides good performance as well. This contributes to the convexo-concave profile of the wing, and elliptical shape of the bearing surface when viewed from above. And external contours of the tail look perfect. All this allows to a minimum to reduce aerodynamic drag. Originally decided N. Tsygankov and the problem of drag reduction during takeoff model. He used double-folding “ears” (consoles) of the rocket and to prevent the occurrence of flutter of the fixed wing is folded in three points (instead of the usual – in two points), securing the third hook-latch on the tail boom.

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SIBERIAN WAGON

SIBERIAN ESTATEOffer readers acquainted with the original design of universal self-propelled tools, built by my brother Alexander. As he says (jokingly, of course), the idea of such a machine came to him out of laziness. Very much wanted all his life to do the heavy unproductive jobs, because, unfortunately, the village was not uncommon, when the peasant is forced to use antiquated agricultural tools.

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