“MY” BIKE

Many cyclists, especially in provincial cities and towns, and put “on a trick” their “two-legged horses” and in the winter time. But winter is winter. Even four-wheel vehicles are recommended to be changed to studded tires. To say nothing about the less stable two-wheeled transport. Risk of falling with him and injury increases many times.

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“SKYSCRAPER” CHAMPION

All conscious life Vladimir Menshikov associated with the sky. In his childhood he built flying model airplanes. Hence the choice of a profession. And as a matter of course, flying school. The profession of pilot in the way to heaven is opened. More than 20 years, the cockpit of a helicopter—his main place of work, and the wheel—tool. But don’t forget Vladimir and the children’s hobby is modeling. Designed model, but now missiles. What I remember Volodya (as our longtime friendship can call it so), it has always featured the true, the desire to make new, more interesting than others. So, in 1982, he first adapted for remote control launch model rockets fragment of the control stick helicopter (its upper part).

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“SNOWFLAKE” WITH MOTOR

Any Amateur ice-fishing dreams about the convenient and easy means of transport to quickly get to the coveted perch holes? In one of the rooms “Modeller-designer” I read about motorware construction. Ibragimova decided to build such a machine. The engine and the wheel set from scooter “Tourist”. When testing mateboer speeds up to 70 km/h on ice and dense crust, but on loose snow skidded. In addition, it was quite heavy: about 140 kg.

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COTTAGE-TRUNDLE BED

COTTAGE-FOLDINGCOTTAGE-FOLDINGThe idea to build the cottage-trailer came up during a previous operation, is also mobile (see “modelist-Konstruktor No. 5, 2005). Let me remind you, the house was prefabricated with a soft top and a smaller size, since it was initially tied to the dimensions of the trailer “SKIF-2M”. Although each element was easy to collect the cottage had everything well together.

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SPIRAL DANGLE…

SPIRAL DANGLE...Often in business-industrial practice there is a need to transfer thick (and not) liquids from containers of large volume, for example—from the barrel. It’s not necessary to have a special pump, especially in the workshop of homebrew: master himself can assemble from readily available materials simple device, suggested by doctor of technical Sciences V. Artemyev.

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“SIRIUS” — PILOTAGE CLASS F2B

Aerobatics cord models is equally good as sport, as a fun hobby. It is not surprising that interest in this type of modeling remains in the world until now, not to say followers of radiopilot. Design cord models evolving, gaining new and new features. Today, we give drawings and a description of the car created in accordance with the latest requirements of flight “fashion”.

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CONTROL SYSTEM

CONTROL SYSTEMNew technology for the manufacture of model airplanes, primenyal the modelers of the GDR from the city of Erfurt, the magazine introduces readers to No. 6 in 1977. Today we tell about the well-proven original management system stabilizers models of gliders. I hope that the Soviet model airplanes with interest acquainted with the design of the control mechanism and get it on “weapons” in their practice.

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