BIRDS VS. AIRCRAFT

BIRDS VS. AIRCRAFTClash of pigeons with a pigeon taking off at the Paris airport of Orly liner “the Boeing-747” has led to the stop of one engine and an emergency landing before the plane continued an hour circling over the landing strip and leaked 40 tons of kerosene. The total loss of engine repair, fuel theft, downtime of the liner within ten days amounted to about $ 1 million.

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ROCKET-SURVIVOR

ROCKET-SURVIVORThe proposed model has a classic pattern glider A-2 “Hawk” in a reduced form. The main material for its construction – balsa. I must admit that over the last three or four years, such constructions appear frequently in competitions of any scale (though the schoolchildren they are made of more affordable material – to-ceiling foam). A return to this scheme due to the stability of the flight of such a rocket plane. Except only on the runway (starting) station.

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GLIDER CHAMPION

GLIDER CHAMPIONThe triumph of the Soviet athlete V. Extencive in the class of models of gliders ended the world championship in 1973. Short nose and a relatively small shoulder are the main design features of the model of a champion. The layout is very different from the standard, which is used by most of our leading modelers.

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