We heard about this unusual journey in the summer of 1968. Three amateur athletes from the Kuibyshev District Tourist Club of the capital traveled 1000 kilometers across the sands of the Aral Sea region on homemade wheeled yachts. Let us introduce the participants of the expedition. Vladimir Talanov and Eduard Nazarov — initiators and inspirers Read more…
We read with great interest in the magazine the descriptions of the hydro-sleds “Pioneer”, “Dolphin” and “Pirate”. We should note that on the waters of the Ob Sea, such vessels can be seen every summer. These are “Typhoons”, the drawings of which were developed in the experimental mechanics laboratory of our KUT. Undoubtedly, the new Read more…
Musician D.T. KUDRYACHKOV is known among amateur constructors as the author of the unique amphibious car «Triton» — the only vehicle of its kind registered simultaneously with two state inspections: automotive (traffic police) and small vessels (GIMS). Our regular readers may recall the publication «Gliding… car» («Modelist-Konstruktor» No. 5, 1996), which contained a fairly complete Read more…
I live in Krasnoyarsk Krai. I have my own house and a small garden plot. Every spring, while digging the vegetable garden, I thought about how to ease — mechanize — this laborious work. So I decided to build a motorized plow. I had an engine — from a motorized bicycle. I made the frame Read more…
Rust is enemy number one of almost any metal. The “red plague” that with enviable persistence and constancy turns hundreds of thousands of tons of sparkling high-grade, high-strength, alloyed steel into heaps of brown powder. A disease for which there are no barriers… But there are remedies for it: galvanic coatings, varnishes and paints, bitumens Read more…
I read in the magazine «Modelist-Konstruktor» No. 12, 1992, A. Tatarnikov’s article «Obedient trailer». It suggested a solution to what at first glance seems a rather ordinary, but on closer look almost unsolvable problem: how to fit a motorcycle with a sidecar with a trailer that would follow it track-for-track? The idea of building a Read more…
A concrete mixer is constantly needed when building a house. A lot of cement mortar is required, and it also needs periodic mixing. A tub with a shovel are poor helpers here — you’ll tire yourself out to the point of aching all over, and the mix quality will still be low. Buying a branded, Read more…
When building amateur aerosleds, gliders and hovercraft, the greatest difficulty is usually choosing the right engine. Standard production engines often fail to satisfy home‑builders in many respects, particularly in terms of specific power. The most radical way to solve this problem is to build homemade engines using parts from serial motorcycle engines. Readers of “M‑K” Read more…
Ordinary hand rakes for hay collection are an ancient tool familiar to every rural resident. As a rule, all parts of this tool are made of wood to make it lighter—after all, you have to hold it almost always in the air during work. The width of hand rake capture is small, and accordingly, productivity Read more…
The first homemade motorized helper appeared in our family almost 20 years ago. We built it according to V. Ilyichev’s design, published in one of the issues of the “Modelist-Konstruktor” magazine. And we were convinced how good it is to have a universal motoblock in the household, which won’t let you down in any task, Read more…
