THE PLANE FOR THE PLANET

PLANER FOR THE PLANETDISAPPEARED AS A PROFESSION. It was in the summer months of 1903. Was the construction of the Amur railway. Before the start of the Russo-Japanese war was still six months, but in the air, as they say, smell of gunpowder. People from poverty and landlessness arrived to the far East from the depths of Russia, worked from early morning until late at night: they cut the forest, uprooted stumps, dug and carried in a wheelbarrow the earth, filling the canvas. However, building progressed slowly. Even the strongest and experienced digger can not for the eight-hour working day to remove and shovel shovel more 4-8 cubic meters of soil. The earth is dense and heavy, working with it for centuries was considered one of the most difficult.

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MINI-TRACTOR “PASHA”

MINI-TRACTOR Mini tractor built for a friend, a neighbor. The machine is designed for layout of the infield, clearing of snow from driveways and walkways, towing a cargo trailer. The engine and gear shift – from the car “Oka” (welded differential). Transfer case and the bridges – from the “Niva” car without alterations.

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MICRO-BLERIOT

MICRO-BLERIOTAt the Moscow city competitions on indoor models in 1975, first place went to Evgeny Ermakov. His model is a copy of the “blériot XI” rubber engine showed in the three games great duration: 60, 64, and 50 C. None of the Soviet airplanes have not demonstrated a flight duration rezinomotornaya room-models. How is “micro-Bleriot XI”?

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RUNNING ON WAVES

RUNNING ON WAVESCaravels, clippers and Brigs have long become history, but the sail disappeared with a blue ocean space. It appears not only in the Sunny tropical latitudes, but in the harsh Antarctic waters, and the Arctic circle. Mnogomachtovy training sailboat gigantic and small compared to them, sports yacht to this day ply the seas and oceans.

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NEW “THE ZHIGULI”?

In one of the rooms for 1968 we talked about the little micro-car, built by A. Krasnov from the Volga city of Togliatti. In the picture is a modernized variant, tentatively called them “the Zhiguli”. Changed body shape and improved utilization of internal useful space and aesthetic appearance; reinforced undercarriage; instead of the M-72 is Read more…

SNOWMOBILE: IDEAS AND DESIGNS

SNOWMOBILE: IDEAS AND DESIGNS(The end. Beginning at No. 2, 1975)

 

Teacher Stanislav I. Pozdnyakov from the city of Berezina in the Minsk region, has been building snowmobiles for almost 10 years. He set himself the seemingly narrow task: to make a winter car for use on snow-covered roads — roads and country. In the process, the designer has found some original solutions of individual units. And although the appearance of his car is not very attractive, it is comfortable enough and that the basic, reliable in operation (see photo).

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CABIN BOAT “RUSLAN”

CABIN BOAT — Look, look — the Martians! surprised and enthusiastically shouted we met the boys when Ruslan, bristling with television and radio antennas, approached the pier. We looked at each other and laughed: indeed, and our boat, and ourselves, dressed in black suits with bright yellow bands were like aliens.

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SKI FOR MOTORCYCLE…

No steep turns on groomed winter road or spring ice is not terrible motorcycle with the original device, made by G. Konyaev from the village of Il’insk Perm region. The hinge side of the rack with ski mi, “sprung” rubber shock absorbers, for a third winter reliable “insure” the rider on slippery snowy or icy Read more…