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If you have a child or you simply want to reminisce your childhood, buying a handmade doll and a handmade puppet is ideal. These crafts are not like ordinary kid stuff. They are personally made by independent artisans. They are stylish and overflowing with uniqueness. A handmade rag doll, for instance, is usually made from scrap pieces of cloth. It is often stuffed with wire and fiber fill. At times, it is stuffed with cotton or small pieces of cloth. Even so, a handmade rag doll is still more beautiful than any of the mass-produced dolls. This is because the artisan who made it has ensured that it will not look like any other doll. It was also carefully handcrafted, so you can be sure that its quality is good. In fact, the dresses and other apparel of handmade rag dolls are personally sewn by artisans. Pretty buttons and ribbons are also often included.

Conversely, a hand-loomed puppet can be made from wood, paper, or old socks. Almost all children like to see puppet shows. So, if you have a little one at home, why don't you perform a puppet show for her by using handmade puppets and a handmade rag doll? This will be both entertaining and educational. You can perform a puppet show that includes a moral lesson, for instance. It will also be a great idea if you will be able to stage a puppet show for your child and her friends on her birthday party. You can buy a handmade puppet online or you can search for one at a local store. Just make sure that the puppet you buy can fit your hand. Handmade puppets can vary in sizes. So, it is advisable that you try on the puppet before you pay for it.

A handmade rag doll and a handmade puppet will also make great additions for your collection. If you have been collecting toys, dolls, and puppets for quite some time already, handmade pieces will surely add variant to your collection. After all, they are unique and made from simple materials. In addition, unlike the branded dolls and puppets you see in toy stores, these handmade pieces will not break your budget. A handmade rag doll and a handmade puppet may only cost you a few dollars. In spite of this affordability, you can be sure that they will not get damaged easily. A handmade rag doll and a handmade puppet can last for decades. In fact, the ancient dolls and puppets that are exhibited in museums today are handmade. So, if you want to have adorable pieces that can also serve as heirlooms, you must buy a handmade puppet and a handmade rag doll.

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We are building model cars in physics using gears. It has to pass a speed test AND a weight-pulling test. Any?

We have a ton of gears (15, 45, and 75 tooth), and a motor powered by a 9V battery. We have to make it go a minimum speed, and a pull a minimum weight. At the moment we cant even get it to put itself. =( Any ideas?

My brother suggested a makeshift transmission by sliding axels around, anyone know how I would do that?

Finally, we also, when we decorate the car, have to add features (sunroof, headlights, side mirrors, etc. etc.) Anyone have any cool features that would be cool to have, but would be easy to put on a model car? (Keep in mind thsi is a model car made from styrofoam or balsa wood, not plastic, and everything would be handmade, or something easily found at home)

Thanks!

To start a little terminology. The gear with the smallest number of teeth that is attached to the motor is called the pinion gear. The larger gears will be referred to as spur gears. A gear ratio is expressed as the number of turns of the pinion (or driving gear) per single revolution of the driven gear. For example, assuming the 15 tooth gear is the pinion and you drive the 45 tooth gear with it, the gear ratio will be 3 to 1 (found by dividing the number of teeth on the spur gear by the number on the pinion). A 3 to 1 gear ratio multiplies the torque of the motor by 3 (ignoring losses from friction). To understand why this works lets look at the work formula, Work = Force x Distance. Increasing the distance a pinion travels (by adding teeth to the spur gear) decreases the force needed to do a given amount of work. Or thought of another way for a given torque (rotational force of the motor) tripling the distance the force acts on, triples the torque on the spur gears axle and work that can be done (again ignoring friction). This is a good thing because your motor has low torque but moves very fast. Making the pinion travel a long distance to rotate the spur gear trades off this speed for more torque. I'm assuming that you have tried the 75 tooth gear driven by the motors pinion and it still doesn't have enough power to move the car. In this case you will have to make a compound gear system. To do this you will need two pinion gears and two axles. Attach a 45 tooth and a 15 tooth gear to one axle and mount the motor so it's pinion drives the 45 tooth gear. Then mount the second axle ( this one will have the wheels on it) with a 75 tooth gear on it so that it is driven by the pinion on the first axle. This will give you a torque approxamately that of the product of the two gear ratios 3 to 1 (45/15) and 5 to 1 (75/15) or a 15 to one ratio. This should move the minimum weight easily but may be too slow for the minimum speed. If so try replacing the 75 tooth gear with another 45 tooth gear giving a final ratio of 9 to 1. I hope this helps you get a good grade and hopfully learn something useful. Also a few more details on what you have tried so far would help me come up with more specific suggestions. As for decorations how about making zoomie style headers out of elbow macaroni?

Handmade Wooden/ Bamboo Flute Demonstration (Part 1)

Christmas Ball

How the Child (children) Decorate the Christmas

Children are innocent and they love the Christmas holidays very much, especially they like helping their parents decorate for Christmas. Children are fond of making their own handmade Christmas decorations, and there is a lot of exciting Christmas decorations that they can easily make.

For small children or those who may be making their own Christmas decorations for the first time, you can buy some ornament cutouts or guides shaped like star or cross from your local craft store, and then the child can paint according to these shapes. Besides this, Christmas ornaments can be made from regular paper or any other type of material.

For children of any age, it is very easy for your children to make their own Christmas paintings or drawings with the supplies found inside your home. Parents can put the paintings on your refrigerator or you could even frame the picture and hang it up somewhere else. Children can draw paintings on a large sheet of paper. After drawing, parents can use it as wrapping paper. This makes a double gift and a ideal way to save money.

Children will be excited if you use centerpiece for your dining room table. With artificial flowers, a large bowl or vase, some Christmas balls, as well as other decorative items, the children can create a somewhat elegant centerpiece. It is easy for them to arrange these items to create their own unique centerpieces for your dining room table. They may be able to create a centerpiece in the shape of an Angel, a Santa or a Christmas tree by using construction paper if your children are a little older.

Children will enjoy the experience no matter what kinds of Christmas decorations you allow your child or children to make, especially if you participate as well. For a child, the favorite thing they want to happen is seeing their Christmas drawings hanging on the walls or their Christmas ornaments hanging on the tree.

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hand painted christmas ornaments -- If you are looking for lspecial products, the author recommends Ornament Space Website.

What to wear for a christmas ball?

ok my school is having this christmas ball for the 6th formers I don't know really what to wear, the theme is HOLLYWOOD!! so every1 will be wearing long dresses and all my mates are saying they will be wearing red so i won't. but I don't know what type of dress to wear? Any ideas??

A nice long evening type gown would be nice but watch the cleavage and side slits. You want to look classy, not the other way around.

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Water Decal

There are many different types of custom mud flaps that can make sure that your vehicle is really tricked out. If you have no idea what that means and just don't want to ruin the underside of your vehicle, custom flaps will do the job right.

Here are a few of the different types of mud flaps to consider:

1. Decal Flaps have an easy installation process and are available in both single and dually wheel styles. An extra wide and thick version is available for wider tires.

2. Single Wheel Rubber Flaps measure 12" x 24", and comes with a choice of stainless steel or diamond plate weights and stiffeners. The anti-sail brackets are also available in either chrome or black. The mud flaps are also made out of heavy duty recycled rubber.

3. SS Series Mud Guards are exceptionally rugged and help keep your vehicle's running boards free of slush, mud, dirt and water with its 13-gauge stainless steel insert plate with extra deflection power.

4. Hitch Mount Flaps are designed to fit 1/2, 3/4 and 1 ton Pickups and class A and C RV's. They have unique anti-spray ridges. They come with mirror finished stainless steel anti-sail weights and have an adjustable width from 72" to 102".

5. Lifted Truck Flaps are made of fade-resistant heavy-duty 3/8" polyurethane with an anti-spray design that incorporates vertical ridges so that the water will be drained down and not out. This custom designed mud flap is designed to fit your vehicle. The come with mirror finish stainless steel anti-sail weights. The flaps detach easily for off-roading.

Faye Herl writes about custom mud flaps at www.betterautopartsreview.com

Gundam Decals HELP!(10 points)!?

okay...i need to move on from HG models to MG models now...
but just one problem
how can i put the decals?use water?how?
can any one help step-by-step?
even better if there a video...help me urgent!

I have seen several different types of Gundam decals. the foil stickers. Water slide decals. Rub down transfer. But it depends what decals your model(s) came with. Most Master Grade models come with rub down dry transfer decals. These are basically markings or logos of the faction the gundam is in. which either go onthe chest, arm ,or shield. Some registry numbers. What you need to do with these decals is cut out the logo you want to use, to apply it say on the shield, put that over the shield and lightly use a pen and rub it onto the suface of the model. Water slide decals are sold separately for the master grades. heres a link to help-

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/list/1053/0/1

It will also depend on which MG or HG model you have. Look through this list and see what Models you have for the coresponding decals.

Water-Slide Decal paper. How to print and apply decal.

Aircraft Desktop Wood

Simulation cockpit

Aircraft Simpits

A homebuilt Boeing style simulator utilizing generic hardware

By their very nature aircraft cockpits tend to have complex controls, instrumentation, and radios not present in other types of simulation. Recreating these present specific additional challenges to anyone building a cockpit. Aircraft components are often expensive to purchase, and access to real aircraft cockpits is likely to be restricted due to security concerns, especially in the wake of the 9/11 attacks or if the builder has chosen a current military aircraft.

A way to avoid a lot of the pitfalls is to not replicate a specific aircraft, simply a class of aircraft. Thus creating a generic GA, airliner, or military cockpit, which while it will not have every button or switch of the real aircraft, will have all the key elements for simulation. The other end of the scale is to build an exact 1:1 replica of the real cockpit, utilizing real panels or even a complete cockpit from the chosen plane. All cockpit builds will be somewhere between these two concepts, and even highly accurate replica pits will often make some concessions, if only due to limitations of the simulation software driving them.

For replica pits the choice of aircraft will be key. With the growth of home cockpits there are a number of companies who sell complete kits for common aircraft. Thus details of current Airbus and Boeing aircraft panels are fairly easy to obtain. For older aircraft museums or aircraft scrap yards can be valuable sources of information. However while research will often locate a lot of information, sometimes it is a minor detail that is needed. For example how wide is the center pedestal, how far from the instruments is the warning panel, and how large should it be? Where the information is not in the public domain, more subtle techniques have been developed to obtain the information. For example pixel counting from a digital photo of the aircraft. By counting the pixels in an item of known size, for example a standard cockpit instrument, a scale can be established. This can then be used to estimate the size of unknown elements in the panel. Accuracy will vary depending on the quality of the photo located, the angle the shot was taken from, etc. However this can give a good guideline on dimensions in situations where there may be no other source of information.

The level of functionality will also vary within the 'pit'. Very realistic looking pits may have non functioning instruments, simply in place to complete the 'feel' of the cockpit. At the top end of realism would be individual real instruments, either modified from actual aircraft components or replicated. This approach provides the maximum immersion, but presents complexity with interface electronics and driver software needing to be fabricated. A compromise between the two is to display the instruments on a monitor and mount this behind the panel. The simulated instruments can then be seen through the cutouts which can give a realistic effect, especially if the aircraft uses 'glass cockpit' displays in real life.

Many pit builders go through the process of building a basic, low-spec compromise pit first, just to give them a dedicated environment to practice their hobby. The lessons learned in this process can be put to good use if they later decide to build a high-spec compromise or replica pit, which requires a great deal of time, effort and passion to complete.

General Aviation

A homebuilt simulator panel utilizing commercially available instruments

Home based simulators have been a common training aid for private pilots for many years. Recently the increased power of home PCs and improvements in graphics and simulation technology has opened up further opportunities to utilize a PC as a training aid. While early simulators allowed instrument approaches to be practiced, with photographic scenery add ins pilots can now practice visual flights and navigation. Rehearsing a flight in the PC, before performing it in the real world, making training sessions in the real aircraft more productive.

Recognizing this market a number of suppliers provide ready to go desktop simulation products. Radio stacks, instruments, yokes, pedals, throttle quadrants, and seats are readily available from pilot shops. This allows a highly realistic GA cockpit to be put together in a matter of minutes. However an enthusiast is likely to extend well beyond the functional cockpit a trainee would require, adding in items to enhance the sense of disbelief. Enclosures, projectors, even real aircraft components or nose sections are commonly incorporated in the drive to make the experience as 'real' as possible.

Commercial Aviation

A home built Airbus simulator cockpit

While General Aviation pits are often put together for real pilots to train on, commercial aircraft pits are often purely for entertainment. Very few people will have the opportunity to pilot a real airliner, however a realistic home simulator will provide a highly immersing experience.

Commercial airliner pits offer a greater challenge to builders as there are more systems to model such as the auto pilot, CDU/FMS, engine management, etc. Even the throttle quadrant is a complex piece of engineering compared to the simply replicated push / pull throttle used in the GA Cessna. However a number of commercial suppliers exist supplying replica panels, controls, even complete cockpits to the community. Where these or 'real' components are not available or are out of budget builders will often fabricate components at home out of wood or similar easily worked materials.

With most modern aircraft utilizing 'Glass Cockpit' displays it has become easier to create highly realistic panels. The displays on these panels can be driven by multi head graphics cards, or networked PCs running dedicated software that can read from the simulator spreading the processing load. Interfaces for switches, knobs, and other elements needed can be purchased commercially or created by dismantling existing hardware such as keyboards or joysticks. Feedback from the PC to the panel, for example to light warning lamps or move real instrument is more complex and normally completed through a commercial expansion board.

Military Aviation

The 3rd common genre for a simpit is the military pit. Like commercial pits these sims are more for entertainment than training. Military based pits are commonly based on a single aircraft, often the Falcon due to the availability of highly realistic simulation software (Falcon 4.0) of this aircraft.

Software

One of the first software requirements for a simpit is a suitable flight simulator to provide the graphics, sound and instrument outputs for the pit. To date, the majority of civilian simpits are built around Microsoft Flight Simulator, and most military pits use Falcon 4.0 as a base.

The choice is expanding as more simulation developers include data-out facilities in their sims. Most recently, Lock On - Modern Air Combat has added data export through Lua, making it a serious contender for a modern jet simpit.

Voice communication (VOIP) software is commonly integrated into a simpit, as this allows real-time communication with other virtual pilots. The most popular choices at the moment are Ventrilo and TeamSpeak.

Other software may be custom written to control hardware aspects of the pit; e.g. an interpreter for an MFD or a custom listener to implement an AoA Indexer. In many cases the need for custom software can be removed by using control hardware with a comprehensive SDK or API, but when you really need that unique instrument and nobody has an off-the-shelf solution for it, hacking code is the only way to get it.

Examples

Helicopter simulators by Ryan Aerospace (Australia)

Simkits gallery

F-15C Simulator based on F-15C 80-0007

Airbus A340 Cockpit

Generic Twin Engine Pit

F-16 Simpit

Video

A320 Cockpit (Ger/Eng)

Control Loaders and Motion Bases

External links

Simpits:

Helicopter Simulators and Hardware

Helicopter simulators by Ryan Aerospace (Australia)

Helicopter simulator

Simulation Cockpit Builders Group

Simpit WebRing

FScockpit: introduction to flight simulator cockpit construction

ViperPit Forum - the definitive forum for F-16 pits

Frugalsworld Simpit Forum

Home of F4Glass Falcon 4 glass instruments

The Lua programming language (simulation data export)

Do It Yourself Flight Simulators (DIY videos)

SIMInstruments simpit hardware (commercial)

Simkits simpit hardware(commercial)

EPIC hardware interface (commercial)

Mike's Flight Deck - introduction to simpit building

The Akers-Barnes portable simpit design

Helicopter simpits at Hovercontrol

Fighterops.com Simpit builders forum

Cockpit builders directory

Home cockpit

Electronics for pitbuilders:

allaboutcircuits.com - excellent basic electronics and helpful forum

bit-tech forums - active modding forum with lots of useful topics

Mike's Flight Deck Books: source for book on building simulated aircraft instruments (commercial)

TouchScreen application for building fully programmable ICPs, MFDs etc

FSXpand - Simulates Aircraft Instruments

How to create an inexpensive generic panel with no electronics knowledge

Suppliers of parts (Plug and Play) for the simmers with no electronic knowledge

Sims:

FlightGear (free/open-source sim)

Combat Helo (free sim in development)

X-Plane (commercial sim)

Falcon 4 (commercial sim)

Falcon 4: Allied Force (latest commercial version of Falcon 4)

Lock On - Modern Air Combat (commercial sim)

IL2 Sturmovik: Forgotten Battles (commercial sim)

Pacific Fighters (commercial sim)

FS2004 (commercial sim)

Fighter Ops (commercial sim in development)

Ventrilo

TeamSpeak.

References

^ Herd, Andrew (2004-11-09). "Flight Training software". Pilot (Archant Specialist). http://www.pilotweb.aero/content/articles/view_article.aspx?id=3230. Retrieved 2007-10-26. 

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Handcrafted Wood Model

i have a question about a guitar!?

i just bought an acoustic guitar, its a 41" steel string(im changing the strings on it to d'addario phospher bronze mediums) 41" HUNTINGTON ACOUSTIC GUITAR SPECS:
'All wood' and handcrafted construction
Truss Rod in guitar
Spruce Top
Linden Back and Sides
Rosewood Fretboard with Dot Inlay
Calputa Bridge
Frets: 21
ABS Black Pickguard (not a sticker like the cheaper models)
Ping Style Chrome Tuners
Back End Button
Finish: HIGH GLOSS. now that you've seen the specs on it do you think this guitar will have a good sound after i put the new improved strings on it.

i know a guy who has one, he put some elixirs on there and it sounded gorgeous. those d'addarios are alright i would spend some extra and get those elixirs.

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