… CART LIFE

... THE CART OF LIFE

Twenty-first century, of course, not age of animal (horse) transport. However, for those who live in rural areas where there are no gas stations for many miles around, this all-terrain and all-season transport still remains vital and relevant. You would have to say that the view of vehicles – environmental, but in rural areas it is not very important. Although it is worth noting that as a result of work are not harmful emissions into the atmosphere (for example, as from automobiles) and useful – to the soil.

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WITH IRON — ON APIARY

WITH IRON - ON APIARY

Going to put the hives in your apiary improvised electronic thermostat — you will not regret. Because it is simple, in General, the device will create for bee colonies conditions, like the comfort, the economic feasibility of which has been repeatedly pointed out, and the magazine “modelist-Konstruktor” (see for example, №10’93, 12’96, 1’2000). The use of a controller leads to decrease almost two times the previous costs feed — sugar or honey because the bees do not have to spend energy to maintain the desired temperature.

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COMPACT GEARBOX — PNEUMATIC

COMPACT REDUCER — PNEUMATIC

Pneumatic large diameter low pressure tyres are good drivers of all-terrain vehicles in even the harshest of road conditions. But, working with modern highspeed engines, they require a significant decrease in angular velocity by means of transmission and, consequently, increasing the number of stages of the power transmission, its weight and dimensions. Every Amateur designer in his own way links the transmission. Some are even from multiple gearboxes, linking them together with chain transmission that makes power transmission and cumbersome and unreliable in operation.

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VENTILATION IN THE GARAGE

THE VENTILATION IN THE GARAGE

The garage, which was built in the time of my neighbors, so appealed to me that his project was taking advantage of me. Considering his opportunities, the need for ventilation and fire safety requirements, introduced the necessary adjustments. It turned out well.
Around the garage made a blind area and drainage ditch. Along all walls except for the facade, planted low-growing shrubs and trees so they do not interfere with blowing of the roof by the wind and, of course, the air in the garage.

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AND FUEL DOES NOT FREEZE

AND THE FUEL WILL NOT FREEZE

In winter, the farmers and other owners of automotive vehicles, a lot of trouble to deliver diesel fuel. At low temperatures it becomes thick, it contained paraffin kristallizuetsya. And this can result in rapid clogging of the filters and stopping the flow of fuel from the tank. As a result, the diesels and operation of machines sometimes become a nagging problem to be solved by trying a widely publicized use of expensive additives, sometimes find themselves, unfortunately, ineffective.

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CELLAR ON THE BALCONY

CELLAR, ON THE BALCONY

For storing vegetables in winter increasingly cold boxes that are well established not only in urban environments but also in rural areas. Especially where high groundwater level is difficult (and sometimes impossible) construction and development of full buried and underground storage facilities. The popularity of container mini-cellars is also due to their relatively simple design, is available for repeating many homebrew.Cellar-“thermostat” is, in fact, insulated box, which is equipped with a heater and a control unit.

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“ARCTIC WOLF” IN THE SNOW

ARCTIC WOLFIn recent years, Amateur designers snowmobiles somehow forgotten about the ski-tracked vehicle whose design is thoroughly worked out by dozens of manufacturers in hundreds of models, and prefer a more simple and universal to all-terrain vehicles on low pressure tires. However, from time to time enthusiasts snowmobile equipment design and classic motonarty, creating a simple and functional design. A typical example is the ski-track snowmobile “Polar wolf”, designed by Igor Galkin.

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THE APARTMENT IS IN A WHEELCHAIR

THE APARTMENT IS IN A WHEELCHAIRThe unenviable fate of people unable to move on their own. Simplifies their lives only a specialized vehicle — a wheelchair. It allows to drive up to the bookshelf or the window, go to the balcony, finally, just to stretch my muscles. Of course, you can buy a modern wheelchair factory production. However, I think it is not affordable for everyone. And especially the disabled.

There is another way to do it for such a person. That’s what I did, designing a mobile chair for her sick mother.

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FUEL TANK — CO2

FUEL TANK - C02

Whatever you say, but the popularity of a particular model often depends not on its flight data and… flight readiness. That is why many modelers prefer to equip their technique is not capricious and toxic internal combustion engines, and easy to operate electric motors, and carbon dioxide.

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