Increasingly, we receive letters from readers describing flying models, which instead of internal combustion engines operate motors of different systems. This is quite natural and timely: judging by many indications, the electrification of aircraft modeling – in sight. No wonder the first successful examples of flying models are available in the “toy” version of some foreign model aircraft firms. Among them are low-cost models, capable of conducting free uncontrollable flight duration of 1-3 minutes, Cordoba for the different types of food on the wire and even radio-controlled model of the coast, including the piloting. The duration of the last flight without recharging has managed to bring up to 10-15 minutes. However, the electric power is still inferior to compression and heat rating.Electrical twin-engined
Increasingly, we receive letters from readers describing flying models, which instead of internal combustion engines operate motors of different systems. This is quite natural and timely: judging by many indications, the electrification of aircraft modeling – in sight. No wonder the first successful examples of flying models are available in the “toy” version of some foreign model aircraft firms. Among them are low-cost models, capable of conducting free uncontrollable flight duration of 1-3 minutes, Cordoba for the different types of food on the wire and even radio-controlled model of the coast, including the piloting. The duration of the last flight without recharging has managed to bring up to 10-15 minutes. However, the electric power is still inferior to compression and heat rating.
Novice automodellista propose a simple model with a body made of thin stiff cardboard. Manufacture the body you need to start with drawing and cutting with the side walls of the pattern No. 1. To get the contours right and left walls, the pattern upside down. After cutting the parts beaten out from the inner side with a hammer, giving them a slightly curved profile. Longitudinal breaklines make incisions on half the thickness of the cardboard on the outside and the inside — on the dotted line.
The classification of the European Association of Amateur athletes of ship modeling sport (“NAVIGA”) provides for managed competition models of sailing yachts in three classes: F5-M (“Marblehead”), F5-10 (“Enricher”) and F5-X (free). The design of boat models the first two classes has the names of the first winners of the European competition.
Universal control line model aircraft. The design “Teardrop” models for air combat — have occurred in several stages. In fact, immediately, in one step to create obedient to the pilot model was not possible, believe me, anybody. As a rule, first designed and built a simplified model, which practiced its concept, geometric parameters, the controllability and stability of the flight. Further, according to the results of test flights made necessary modifications, and then creates a second version of the model in which the basis is all the best from the first. Sometimes the model is good, but often for the second stage follows the third…
The production model better to start with the most labor-intensive details — wing. Here it is rectangular and consists of 14 ribs, two spars, the front and rear edges and two endings. Take the time to manufacture for the first training model two or three wings, because during training it is possible a failed emergency landing.
After publication in the “M-K”, № 1, 1978 of the drawings trace model “Mirage” edition receives a lot of emails from guys who decided to build it. They are interested in some of the “subtleties” of manufacturing technology of the body, its refined forms, ways of fastening of the engine and much more. The editors asked the author of the article “On the track “the Mirage” I. A. Nikolaychuk with the request to share the experience of manufacture and of preparation for the competition.
For the manufacture of parts for models of artillery and torpedo armament of the marine models usually spent a lot of time, it is not always possible to achieve full similarity. Some of the devices and techniques that facilitate the machining of parts and reduces their production.
In front of you a drawing of a simple model with electric motor and propeller. The real boats of this type are used in shallow rivers where conventional marine propeller can be damaged. Model making used popular material is Styrofoam. It is very easy and well handled. It can be cut with termoresta (see “M-K” № 3, 1978, p. 47), as well as a jigsaw, hacksaw or thin sharp knife. The processing done by plane or blade from a safety razor and a glass cloth. When gluing or painting you cannot apply substances containing acetone or nitrobacteria, as they spoil the foam.
Held in 2013 in the suburban town of Zhukovsky the International aerospace salon (MAKS-2013) successfully demonstrated their work to the young “rocket scientists”. Very popular with the audience enjoyed the exhibition of rocketmodeler of Elektrostal in Moscow region called “missiles of the Fatherland.” In this work, young technicians syut clearly demonstrated in the models in scale 1:25, the initial stage in the development of a missile shield of our country.
In recent years, rakotomalala all levels are fond of a simple “building” material for flying model — plain paper. The journal “Modelist-designer” told you about the paper models on their pages. And if earlier to make the model only of paper required regulations, today this material is widely used “voluntarily”. The proof starts at the all-Russia competitions on the Cup of S. P. Korolev. About 40% of the participants in the classes SA and Ѕ6А used the paper model. Our story about the rocket champion in the class of parachute models (SA) Denis Gaganov (Sergiev Posad).