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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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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A MODEL ROCKET CLASS S6A FROM KARELIA

A MODEL ROCKET CLASS S6A OF KARELIAOver the past 3 — 4 years in the lists of winners of major Russian competitions in sport flying are increasingly common names “rocket scientists” of the Republic of Karelia. So, on superiority of Russia among older students, the 2008 champion in the class S6A became the student of Petrozavodsk Ilya Drats. And team the victory it celebrated, too, “the rocketeer” Karelia, which was represented by pupils of school № 45. Even in the same class S3A, they were third in the overall standings in fourth place, behind the team of Belgorod and Moscow regions and the Krasnodar territory.

THE CORRUGATED BOARD MOTOR

CORRUGATED CARDBOARD WITH THE MOTORNot so long ago in the journal “modelist-Konstruktor” was about the simplest model of a glider made from a conventional packaging corrugated Board material although not aeromodelling, but it is durable, tough and light. By the way, a square meter of corrugated Board with a thickness of 3 mm has a weight of only 400 g, respectively, the density of this material is only 0.13 g/cm3! Experiments have shown that the durable and lightweight corrugated cardboard is well suited for creating flying models. Needed only in the cutting and processing of corrugated Board to consider some of its features and to use a knife-cutter, literally honed to razor sharpness, otherwise cut lines get ragged.

MODEL AIRCRAFT ALL-AROUND

MODEL AIRCRAFT ALL-AROUNDAll-around radio controlled model gliders (class F-3-B), which includes three flight exercises, is the youngest species of the competitions of flying models. It is flying on the duration, distance and speed. Place in the competition is determined by the sum of the results of the three exercises shown in the two flight rounds. In competition an athlete may use two models: allowed rearrangement of parts from one to another, however, the weight of the model and the maximum area of bearing surface shall not exceed respectively 5 kg and 150 DM2, and the load on an area of 12 and 75 g/DM2. The rules allow change of the geometry of surfaces in flight using radio control, but the transmission of information from the Board to the pilot is prohibited. The model was run for the guard rails, the movement of the Modeler’s assistant, engaged in towing, shall not exceed 150 m. a climb can be carried out with the help of the engine, for every 1 cm3 working volume of which (but not more than 2 cm3) shall be at least 100 g take-off weight of the model. It allowed the use of additional ballast. The engine operating time is limited to 45 C. To complete the exercise on the duration of the flight, the Modeler is given 8 min of working time at the start. The countdown of flight begins with the uncoupling of a rail (or stop the engine of a motor-glider). Every second in the air is estimated at one point. The maximum number is 360. For a flight over 6 min, the Modeler receives one penalty point for each extra second in the air (down to zero).

“LOTUS-56V” – A CAR WITH A SHIP’S PIPE

Picking up the prototype for the model with open wheels (the trace of A class), we did not immediately notice the car “Lotus” with a modest architecture of the body and a relaxed silhouette — machine like a machine. But one of the guys asked “innocent” question — why would he ship the pipe? After looking at the car more closely, we realized that the prototype carries many more mysteries: where is this race car exhaust pipe, where futerko, inlet air into the cylinders of the engine, why so few intakes, why is the car the same front and rear wheels, etc.? They began to understand, and found that perceived at first as “the ugly duckling” “the Lotus-56V” can rightfully be considered a “Swan” of motor vehicles.