“PAPER JUMBO”

AWith the end of the Civil war in Russia and the formation of the Soviet Union began intensive development of commercial aviation. July 15, 1923, opened the first regular air line Moscow – Nizhny Novgorod. For three and a half months by air it was transported by 270 people. In the following year there was a line Odessa – Kharkov, Moscow – Kharkov, and others. The development of Civil aviation is objectively required the creation of a passenger aircraft. One of the developers of passenger “air carriers” was the aircraft factory No. 1, former “Dux”, where in 1925, the engineering team headed by H. H. Polikarpov, and A. A. Semenov established a five-plane PM-1.

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SISTER OF “SEVEN”

Rocketmodeler syut suburban town of Elektrostal Matthew Ivashchenko with the model-copy of the R-9AWith the proposal of developing a new Intercontinental ballistic missile operating on liquid oxygen and kerosene, and in 1958 was made by the Council of Chief designers. While its weight was not to exceed 100 tons, which is almost three times less than the starting mass of the rocket R-7 – the famous “seven”.

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LITTLE MICRO-CAR “BUDDY”

LITTLE MICRO-CAR Little micro-car “Buddy” machine… for kids. It was created in a laboratory experimental simulation and design Club for young technicians Novosibirsk Akademgorodok. Despite its small size, it all like a real car: engine, transmission, driveshaft, closed rear axle with a differential and other components.

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IN WINTER — SNOWMOBILE, IN SUMMER — AIR SUSPENSION

WINTER — SNOWMOBILE, IN THE SUMMER — PNEUMATICSuch a transformation that my construction readily admits. Moreover, the possibility of replacement ski floats, making it easy to turn a land car in “waterfowl”. Flat “breaking” the frame of the snowmobile hromansilevyh welded from pipes. The front part is a double cabin crew back — powerplant based on the engine of the motorcycle “Dnepr”. The cabin has a roll cage and aluminum siding.

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TWO IN A SUBMARINE

TWO IN A SUBMARINEThe individual system are two dorsal scuba gear of any type. The main materials are fiberglass and aluminum alloys. Widely used aluminum alloy D16, soft, seasoned, in the form of plates and moulded profiles. Made from this material stringers, beams, frames, individual components and subassemblies. Was also used steel of different brands, it made small parts and fasteners. For the glazing of the cabin applied in organic glass. Insulating and sealing elements made from PTFE and rubber of different brands. As the filler has been widely used foam stamps “PS-4”.

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PARACHUTE SYSTEM HIGH RELIABILITY

PARACHUTE SYSTEM HIGH RELIABILITYWe offer parachute system for more than three years is used by Leningrad on models-copies of carrier rockets of space vehicles. Simplicity and reliability has contributed to our athletic victories. At the last all-Union competitions in Smolensk in 1971, this parachute system was equipped with our model-copies of spacecraft “Soyuz” in grades “K-3” and “K-4”.

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“AFTERBURNER” CONVERTER

Good motor sudomodel, as they say, will not spoil. Just where in the Russian province it? Because most of the available domestic microelectrophoresis focused on the use in children’s toys, unfit for use (without major modifications) in RC models. The structural simplicity of these engines is often at odds with the requirements of duration, resource and, most importantly, threatens the high level of noise that reduce the reliability of the instrument radio. Imported good-quality motors (alas!) prohibitively expensive.

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TRACTOR-GARDENER

TRACTOR-GARDENERThat’s already more than a dozen years G. Malakhov works as the chief mechanic tool shop of one of Moscow’s aircraft factories. But even more time (13 years) he is engaged in Amateur technical creativity, without which it is not at all his present and future. On account of his snowmobiles, motorcycles and other self-propelled equipment. Currently, life is made of Gennady Yurievich to move away from its “profile” — he made several high-precision woodworking machines for various purposes, set them next to the parental house in a village near Moscow and provides its villagers and residents of the nearby holiday village beautiful lumber that helps to survive him and his large family. But about the main thing he forgot — next year plans to collect long-planned amphibious with aerodiesel. Today we will focus on a small tractor, made by him mainly from the fact that was accumulated over many years in the garage.

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