TRANSPORTATION, STRETCHING INTO TOMORROW

TRANSPORT, STRETCHING INTO TOMORROWMany readers were interested in the material “Migomobile — fantasy? Reality!” (1977, No. 11), tells about an unusual engine for transport — the flywheel developed by a group of young enthusiasts, members of the NTTM. To meet the wishes of readers to continue this topic, we begin today the publication of a series of articles about the transport of tomorrow. To keep this section we asked doctor of technical Sciences Professor N. V. Gulia.

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HOW to MAKE a GUY

HOW to MAKE a GUYfor the fifth year I subscribe to your magazine and I like it very much. It is always possible to choose good advice, interesting drawing. I am engaged in ship modeling circle at the city station of young technicians. In 1977 he was regional champion, and twice winner of the championship of the USSR, and in many respects I was helped by your magazine.

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PIONEER RACING

PIONEER RACEIn this competition almost everything was as really big car races: clearly marked and numbered paths, a huge inscription “Start” and “Finish” bright lights, signal lights, gambling, overlapping the voice of the broadcaster the cheers of the fans, overtaking each other swift cars. Still, the racing was unusual. They were not on the racetrack, and in the great hall of one of Omsk schools, and even the largest of launched cars easily fit in the glove box of the usual “Zaporozhets”. As for the racers, most of them have not had time to get out of the pioneer age, and some even from October.

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RESCUE BUOY FOR SUBMARINES

RESCUE BUOY FOR SUBMARINESRESCUE BUOY FOR SUBMARINESThe modelers are well aware, how difficult it is to make a model submarine. A lot of time is spent on installation and electronic equipment, debugging it, setting up steering mechanisms, so that the boat promptly sank and floated. And a disappointment for the team and shipbuilder, when she for some reason goes under the water and no longer appears. Then it is looking for divers and even divers. And not always successfully.

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GRACEFUL AND SWIFT

GRACEFUL AND SWIFTGraceful and swift motorboat is an excellent educational model for aspiring shipbuilders. Work on bliss allows you to develop basic skills that will be required in the manufacture of sports cars of high class. With these boats, if they do, you can arrange competitions; it is only necessary to equip them with outboard electromotorically and to provide a place for mounting a battery from a pocket lantern.

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UNDERGROUND BOXING

UNDERGROUND BOXINGWhen decided to do the car (the material about it were published in the “Modeller-designer” № 5, 2007), then I faced a problem — where to work? Not under the same open sky in the courtyard. A temporary shed or even the shed again to be fully rescued in the cold season they also work practically impossible. But because the car manufacturer could drag on for years.

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FLYING “SAUCERS”

FLYING Victor E. Marina from Rostov-on-don from a young age engaged in the construction of models of free flight. In recent time, leading a circle of aircraft modeling on obsut, he became interested in the structures with circular drainer, discreto. However, to achieve good results for a long time could not — flying “plates” were heavy, clumsy, and most annoying, bad flying.

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IN THE VAST RUSSIAN FIELDS

IN THE VAST RUSSIAN FIELDSAbout halfway between Moscow and Yaroslavl lies an ancient Russian city Pereslavl-Zalessky. He is known not only as the cradle of the Russian fleet, but, as it turned out, their craftsmen. Pereslavskogo the population of the district are mostly employed in the agricultural sector and in rural areas without mechanical aides can not do. To buy a tractor, even a small one, under the current rural income is almost impossible, so come to the help of savvy but hard-working hands.