Since childhood, boys, and many girls, have been attracted to such a miracle of technology as a car. Sparkling with its paintwork, rumbling in a velvety tone of the motor and bewitching with a wink of headlights, the car delights and captivates children and adults in the courtyards of houses and on city roads.
The car in the classic sense
To understand how the machine is made, consider the simplest classic toy model. At the moment, smaller copies of cars repeat the original so perfectly that you can not find a better example. So, the main parts of any machine:
- body, metal car frame of various modifications from coupe to station wagon;
- chassis, wheelbase interconnected by axles and rods;
- motor, internal combustion engine;
- transmission, gearbox.
The most important thing both in creating a children's toy and in the matter of a real car is the wheel, invented in antiquity. Of course, it is not an integral part of the body, but in the rest of the units it is used in almost the majority.
Let's start with the chassis. In addition to the fact that the wheel is the main element, all the other parts are a combination of large and small wheels and balls in the form of bearings, brake discs and other things. In the presence of teeth on the wheel, it smoothly passes into the category of gears and (in aggregate) camshafts, which form a gearbox and engine elements, and the steering wheel puts a point in the statement that the main wheel in the car. Of no small importance in the classical version, and even in the modern one, is the electric power supply to all devices via wires from the battery and generator.
The trends of the era, or the modern machine
Each year brings new achievements in the automotive industry, and modern technologies are increasingly being introduced into the classic image of the car. Today more and more often on the streets of cities you can see cars with an alternative or hybrid engine running on various types of fuel and energy. A conventional radio does not attract buyers like a regular
head unit with the ability to connect cameras and sensors needed during parking, as well as additional connectors for modern devices. The annual presentation of concept cars at several international motor shows and exhibitions is increasingly drawing people's attention not to how the car is made, whether it is real, but to whether it will be a production model or will remain a stand. Therefore, every year the car turns into new futuristic objects, erasing the classic understanding of the name and its essence.
The real possibilities of cars from the screen
On the screen, the cars of the main characters are simply fantastic in their characteristics. They can be transported over time, converted into huge robots, controlled from a smartphone or remote control, recognize speech and analyze situations while moving. But the main function of all cars in the cinema is to protect themselves from the opposing side and to possess technologies that provide an advantage over the opponent.
For many movie legends, it doesn't matter how the machine is made, the main thing is what. Some auto-heroes are endowed with a bulletproof body and glasses, while others - the presence of additional, so to speak, attachments in the form of weapons, scanners and other chips. Almost all of them are fast and maneuverable, even the Volga from the Soviet film on the screen looked more fast-moving, and the waltz using driving maneuvers delighted the domestic audience. In fact, few cars from the movie screen are not something that does not exist in reality, but are even unable to move independently. Most, of course, are an improved prototype of serial models of existing cars, and in a symbiosis with skillful actions of professionals from motorsport are ready to surprise and shock us. But you should not entertain yourself with illusions - since the machine for the film was made, it will never be presented on the mass market.
Epic Trilogy Taxi and Engineering Findings
I would also like to note the car from the French trilogy about the "ordinary" taxi. The serial car has not undergone such changes in any movie. What just did not come up with the designers (and probably the entire cinematic group) to create the image of the French supercar! The announcement of each subsequent series was accompanied by many comments and headlines with one single phrase: “And this time, how will the car from the movie“ Taxi ”be made?” The efforts of tuning designers and computer graphics engineers allowed the usual city taxi not only to change its appearance, but also to ride through the snowy mountains and even fly.