“SNOWMOBILE” IN FIVE MINUTES

You can understand the burning desire of the baby who saw for the first time the competition modelers, asking parents to buy or make him a miniature technique, not postponing it for later when he grows up and goes to a club.
Propose a simple dynamic model will be able to help parents in a similar situation, because it forces to make yourself out of scrap materials, very quickly and most importantly with your child. In such cases the boys could evolve into a love for a fascinating and accessible in this age, the technical creativity — modeling.

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PLOW WINCH…

WINCH PLOW...Many rural Amateur designers rightly considered the most promising motoliberty tillage unit. However, it is not without drawbacks. And chief among them is the need every time to drag a heavy plow from the end of the furrow to the beginning, at the same time shifting the very motoliberty a distance equal Majboroda. The fact that in this case the power unit and tillers separated.

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AMPHIBIAN ON BED

AMPHIBIAN We present a prototype of the amphibious machine is a device hovercraft (Ohr) under the name “Aerodzhip”, publication of which was in the journal “modelist-Konstruktor” No. 7 for 2007. Like the previous machine, the new machine – a single-engine, single-rotor with distributed air flow. This model is also triple, with the location of the pilot and passengers at the T-scheme: pilot middle front, and passengers – on the sides, back. Although there is nothing stopping the fourth passenger to sit behind the driver – seat length and power rotor setup is enough.

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“COPPERBAR” OF “GRINDER”

The device, which I have called “cappenberg”, I constructed at the time when he decided to make an improvised wheels for walking tractor. Wheels with a diameter of 320 mm were cut using this tool.
With a small hand held cutting machine (popularly referred to as “Bulgarian”) model GREAPO PG125SE, made her a simple, but reliable, and most importantly—the right fixture for cutting parts in the form of a circle of sheet metal or holes in it.

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THE AIRCRAFT, F-3

THE PLANE F-3In our city of Kingisepp were gliding club ROSTO, which I have since 1996 worked as a flight instructor. Of aircraft in the club were two light aircraft, four airframe. But they were not new. Money to buy new aircraft or the repair of old growth is no longer isolated. Aircraft equipment came into disrepair, and in 2000 the club was liquidated.
My life in aviation began from the age of 10, when I joined a model aircraft club. The cart worked for a long time and seriously, participated in competitions, received the title of candidate master of sports aerobatic models and aerial combat.

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THE TRUCK WAS A TRACTOR

THE TRUCK WAS A TRACTORI’m a longtime, or rather, hereditary subscriber of the journal “modelist-Konstruktor“. First (1972) the journal was written by my father – Galkin Grigory Petrovich (he is now 80 years old), and then myself. Since the beginning of the output of the app “Aviacollection” – sign on him.
How many can remember, our yard has always been the vehicles. Love for her father has passed and my brother and me. In his youth are still fascinated by aviation. Under the influence magazine chose and the profession: graduated from Vyborg technical school and got the specialty of aviation mechanic. Worked for 21 years with a touch of 7,000 hours of on-Board engineer for the Mi-8 helicopter in the far North.
At the end of 1990-x years the father retired (although he worked another 7 years – 8 at the request of the leadership – he was a good crane operator). At the same time he built the tractor, so that it can serve the readers of “M-K“.

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