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4 •* y ; \ • ■— • ■ ■ : May 19 j a FOR BpST RESULTS TRY BATTALION CLASSIFIED THE BATTALION Tuesday, May 19, 1970 College Station, Texas Page 3 Cars needlessly costly, Aero senior says mTEfts ral air if needed pressures ■ ii ° r »m '° addition -ithorizatim I CASH FOR USED BOOKS We Sell To 100 College Stores loupots Cost of operating today’s auto mobile is unnecessarily high, ac cording to an A&M aerospace en gineering senior. “Car designers almost always ignore aerodynamics and concen trate on style and gimmicks,” charges David B. Kanipe of Cor pus Christi. Gimmicks cause added drag and decrease efficiency, he says. “Then, instead of cleaning up the design and making the car a cleaner craft, the industry resorts to larger engines, more power and BUSIEK AGENCY REAL ESTATE • INSURANCE F.H.A.—Veterans and Conventional Loans ARM * HOME SAVINGS ASSOCIATION Home Office: Nevada, Mo. Texas Av*. (in Ridgecrest) 846-3708 greater cost to make up for poor design,” he adds. Other than high speed racing cars driven in large racing events, automobiles are not de signed to slip as easily as possible through the air, he notes. The culprit is the coefficient of drag, aerodynamicist’s term for the amount of resistance to air flow. For most autos, it ranges from 0.6 to 1.0. As the figure gets closer to 1.0, more power is re quired to overcome the force. “For instance, a body that looks like a moving van has a drag co efficient of 0.86,” Kanipe ex plains. “For a convertible, it’s about 0.95. The drag coefficient of a Volkswagen is about 0.37, which may seem quite small. One reason for this is because of its relatively clean underside.” He says the coefficient of Can- Am and Grand Prix race cars is about 0.4 to 0.5. For an airplane wing cross section, it is 0.03. Automotive streamlining can take one of two routes, the A&M student stated in a class report for Dr. Charles A. Rodenberger. The car body can be sized so it disturbs air flow less, or designed so the boundary layer—a thin film of air next to the surface that moves very slowly relative to the free stream—remains at tached to the surface. Pressure disturbances created by protrusions such as air scoops and other styling devices can cause the boundary layer to move against the free stream or de tach from the surface, creating eddies, turbulence and drag. An untested design suggested by Kanipe in his report employs a body shape with a long sloping front end reducing the front sec tion of the car and a “chopped off” rear slope of the so-called “fastback’ design. He placed the engine between the driver and rear axle, with the radiator locat ed behind an air inlet that lets air flow uninterrupted over the windshield and top of the car. “Shoulder scoops behind in ward slanting doors draw off the boundary layer that will climb the sides of the car (causing rain drops to move upward on the side windows of a moving car) and help cool the engine,” Kanipe comments. Similar scoops cool the enclosed rear wheels, with the air ducted out at the back to stabil ize vortexes that form behind the car. He selected a 60-inch wheel base for better handling and 13- inch and 14-inch wheel rims front and rear, enaibling a lower profile only 41^4 inches tall. He also wants the underside closed. By making it relatively smooth, drag is further reduced. Kanipe computed such a ma chine’s drag coefficient to be 0.5288, cojnparable tp that of race cars. 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Chapman’s Texas Aven ue in 87tfn AGGIE RING DIAMONDS! 1 /5 Carat Price: 539.95 Phone: 845-1609 Army surplus jungle boots, army boxes, rubber camping: equipment: sleeping: bags, cots, fts, and ammo boxes, rubber rafts, and many more bargains. Bargain Land. 1809 South Col- 822-22 arg 10. Trailer House. 38 X 8, irailor House. 38 X 8, Air coi carpet, close to campus. Call 845-2226, jsk for Mike Wright. $1,000. 117t5 Horse For Sale — Gentle Call 822-3980. TRY BATTALION CLASSIFIED OFFICIAL NOTICE THE GRADUATE COLLEGE Final Examinataion for the Doctoral Degree Name: Barron, R. Lano Degree: Ph.D. in Education Dissertation: DETERMINING CURRICU- ssertation: DETERMINING CURRICU LA NEEDS AND THE ROLE OF JUN IOR COLLEGES IN PREPARING HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS OF AGRICUL TURE. Time: May 25, 1970 at 3:00 p. m. Place: Room 402-A in the Academic Bldg. George W. Kunze Dean of the Graaduate College THE GRADUATE COLLEGE Final Examinataion for the Doctoral Degree Name: Hanna, Wayne William Degree: Ph.D. in Genetics Dissertaation : IDENTIFICATION aation : IDENTIFICATION O F TRISOMES OF SORGHUM BICOLOR (L.) MOENCH BY OBSERVING PROG ENY OF TRIPLOID X TRANSLOCA TION STOCKS. Time: May 20, 1970 at 2:00 p. m. Conference Room in the Agronomy George W. Kunze Dean of the Graaduate College Place: Bldg At 8:00 a. m., Thursd: there will be posted rsday, in th< May 21, 1970, foyer of the there will be posted in the foyer of the Richard Coke Building, a list of those Spring candidates who have completed all Spring academi completed requirements for degrees to be erred on May 23, 1970. Each canadi- date is urged to consult the list to de- H6t5 conf< is uri termine his status. To be eligible to purchase the Texas University rii student must have ring, an undergraduate e at least one academic A&M udent must have at least one < iar in residence and credit for ninet: five (95) semester hours. The hours passed at the preliminary grade report period on April 6, 1970, may be used in satisfying this ninety-five hour requirement. Stu dents qualifying under this regulation may now leave their names with the ring clerk. Room Seven. Richard Coke Build ing. She. in turn, will check all records to determine ring eligibility. Orders for these rings will be taken by the ring clerk starting April 20, 1970, and continuing through May 26, 1970. The rings will be returned to the Reg istrar's Office to M ” ' |g| about July 10, 1970. The ring clerk is on duty from 8:00 m, Monday through Fri ed H. L. og a.m. to 12:00 noon, Monday through Fri day, of each week. Admissions Heaton, ions and Dean Records 84t38 HELP WANTED: Employment for Freshman or Sophomore. Part-time Beginning This Summer and through your graduation. Prefer retail experience. Apply in person at once or write: Chapman’s Paint Store 811 Texas Ave. Bryan Box 542. 115tfn GM Lowest Priced Cars $49.79 per mo. With Normal Down Payment OPEL KADETT Sellstrom Pontiac - Buick 2700 Texas Ave. 26th & Parker 822-1336 822-1307 AUTO INSURANCE FOR AGGIES: Call: George Webb Farmers Insurance Group 3400 S. College 323-8051 TRIANGLE MOBILE HOME SALES South College & Old College Rd. Town & Country the Quality Home Bob Holmes ’49 Will Trade Call 822-4328 SOSOLIKS TV & RADIO SERVICE Zenith - Color & B&W - TV All Makes B&W TV Repairs 713 S. MAIN 822-2133 Havoline, Amalie, Enco, Conoco. 32c qt. —EVERYDAY— We stock all local major brands. Where low oil prices originate. Quantity Rights Reserved Wheel Bearings - Exhausts System Parts, Filters, Water and Fuel Pumps. Almost Any Part Needed 25-40% Off List Brake Shoes $3.60 ex. 2 Wheels — many cars We Stock EELCO EDELBROCK HURST MR GASKET ’ CAL CUSTOM Other Speed Equipment Starters - Generators Most $13.95 each Your Friedrich Dealer Joe Faulk Auto Parts 220 E. 25th Bryan, Texas JOE FAULK ’32 24 years in Bryan NEED A NEW OR USED CAR ? See: Donn Thompson ’70 Cade Motor Company WANTED Used boy’s 10 or multi-speed bike. 846- 2721. 119t3 Would like extra admission tickets for commencement exercises. May 23, 1970. 846-5627. 119t2 ? MOVING ? WE BUY USED HOUSEHOLD ITEMS. BARGAIN LAND 1809 South Colleire 822-2210 118t4 COUPLE WANTED to manage mobile home park in Brazos County. Salary $100 monthly plus free lot and telephone. Wife must not be otherwise employed. Write: Box 100, Battalion Office, Texas A&M. Giving name, address, telephone, husbands employments, plans for remaining in area, and references. 115t7 Looking for riders or carpool arrange ments to Huntsville for summer school. Aggie wives or co-eds preferred. Please call 822-1141 after 5:30 p. m. 115t5 WORK WANTED Custom Bookbinding, Plastic Binding, and Gold Stamping of Books, Journals, Theses, Dissertations, and Reports. UNIVERSAL BINDERY 311 Church Street, College Station — 846-3840 Ultfn Typing, experienced. 846-5416. 91tfn Typing, full time. Notary Public, Bank- Amcricard accepted, 823-6410 or 823-3838. lOtfn TYPING, electric. Close to campus. Expe rienced. Reasonable. 846-2934. Itfn Typing. Electric, symbols, experienced. 846-8165. 132tfn SPECIAL NOTICE DR G. A. SMITH Optometrist Specializing in eye examination & contact lenses DIAL 822-3557 DOWNTOWN BRYAN 118t8 MOVING? Reserve your U-Haul truck or trailer with Andy Anderson at 2010 South College. 822-3546. Lowest rates, best equipment. I17t5 KINDERGARTEN ENROLLING NOW FOR SEPTEMBER. Maximum ratio 15-1. Certified teacher. Preparation for first grade. CALVARY BAPTIST KINDER GARTEN. 822-3679. 79tfn CHILD CARE Day Nursery, ioyett 593tfa HUMPTY DUMPTY CHILDREN CEN- ER. 34(’'' T J 823-8626. TER. 3400 South College, State Licensed. Virginia D. Jones. R. N. 99tfn FOR RENT Two or three bedroom apartment for couple or three students. Available June 2nd. $90 month, utilities not included. Three blocks from University. 846-2915. 119t3 “AGGIE ACRES” Practically new two bedroom duplex, furnished, central air and heat. Trees, and lake. Convenient to the campus. $97.50 monthly — 822-0082 119t5 Trailer house. 8 X 45. Air-conditioned, two bedroom. Couples only. 822-0605. 119t3 Bedroom, private bath, and entrance. Air-conditioned, two blocks from campus. To graduate male students. Available June 1st. 846-6498. 119t2 SUMMER RENTALS and FALL APPLI CANTS. Seven blocks from campus, one and two bedroom apartment, ail bills and cable paid, swimming pool, College Main Apartments. 4302 College Main, 846-2089. 119t6 Two bedroom unfurnished duplex. Near campus. $75 monthly, no bills paid. 823- 1169. 118tfn To coiiple. Nice country home, stove, tor, heaters furnished. Beautiful, rg machine'connection,’ iles from University. refrigerator, heaters fenced yard. Washing 220 wiring. 20 $60.00 per month. Must care for cattle for renumeration. Work available to com pletely work out rent. References and deposit required. Reply to Box 25, Bat talion. 116t4 Three bedroom house, furnished, monthly. $100 deposit paid, except electricity. $15 0 ■equired. Utilities Call 846-6311. 115tfn YES! you can afford to move in noi r only $57.40 per student. All the finer ngs —■ carpeted, draped, electric West- inghouse kitchen, individual air-condition- -ng itit ing and heat. Two swimming pools. One and two bedrooms, j cable paid. Exciui All utilities and T.V.. cable paid. Exclusive Co-ed section. TRAVIS HOUSE APARTMENTS. 506 Hiway 30. 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Telephone DAY 822-0803 NIGHT 822-5234 46tfn Two bedroom apartment, unfurnished, $95, furnished ti00. Central air, married couples only. University Acres. 846-6120. 34tfn VICTORIAN APARTMENTS Midway between Bryan & A&M University STUDENTS ! ! Need A Horn* 1 & 2 Bedroom Fur. & Unfur. Pool and Private Courtyard 3 MONTHS LEASE 822-5041 401 Lake St. Apt. 1 ENGINEERING & OFFICE SUPPLY CORP. REPRODUCTION & MEDIA — ARCH. & ENGR. SUPPLIES SURVEYING SUPPLIES & EQUIPMENT - . OF FICE SUPPLIES • MULTILITH SERVICE & SUPPLIES 402 West 25th St. Ph. 823-0939 Bryan, Texas BROWN - ALLEN MOTOR CO. OLDSMOBILE SALES - SERVICE “Where satisfaction is standard equipment” 2400 Texas Ave. Rentals-Sales-Service TYPEWRITERS Terms Distributors For: Royal and Victor Calculators & Adding Machines Smith-Corona Portables CATES TYPEWRITER CO 909 S. Main 822-6000 RELAfe to V4EEL. AERODYNAMIC CAR—A sideview sketch of David Kanipe’s idea of a more stream lined automobile. Piggy-back planes could solve transport problems A Texas A&M student from Hong Kong has an idea that could ease a number of air trans port problems, such as the fre quency of sonic booms and ex pansion of airports to handle the larger aircraft being built. Vincent Chan proposes a sort of piggy-back airplane system. It calls for a mid-air rendevous of aircraft that would allow a larger, faster craft to stay aloft for long periods of time. “The system mainly involves two airplanes in the play, a moth er plane and twin plane,” the aerospace engineering senior ex plained. “These planes are leaving, say, Los Angeles, with a full load of passengers going to Chicago, New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Vien na, Taiwap, etc., and Los Angeles ’ . TT7 v ’ , j . seated passengers out again. When the connected ait- the twin plan e hu n on planes approach Chicago, the twin vide express transportation be tween continental points and do away with airports needing long runways for supersonic planes which land at higher speeds and need a longer distance to come to a complete stop. “The main plane could stay in the air forever, theoretically, if there were no trouble with equip ment nor damage to the aircraft,” Chan said. “Such would not be the case, however, After a certain number of flight hours, the par ent craft would have to land for overhaul.” Chan, who attended New Meth od College in Hong Kong also suggested in an aerospace engi neering course report for Dr. Charles A. Rodenberger other in novations. One is to extract and insert seated passengers out of and into conveyor belt system. It would prevent con fusion of passengers boarding planes and put the actual loading operation under airport techni cians’ control. To save wear and tear on the parent plane when it eventually has to land for overhaul, Chan also designed an arresting net barrier system. Extended across a runway, it would cut down on landing distance required, reduce damaging impact inertia and pre vent the plane over-running or skidding on the runway. He said that considerable sav ings could be realized in oper ating the piggyback concept, through keeping the larger, more costly to operate mother plane in the thin upper atmosphere where its engines operate more efficiently, and removing the ne cessity for airport expansion to handle big r planes. plane would separate from the parent ship and head for the air port with passengers bound for Chicago only,” Chan described. Another twin plane with pas sengers going to New York or any other destination on the mother craft’s route leaves about 10 min utes before the parent plane pass es Chicago. “This plane—carrying fuel, a new crew and other accessories— would rendevous with the mother plane at a lower altitude and slower speed,” he continued. “Once docking is secure, the tail part of the twin plane and the front of the mother plane would open, allowing passengers aboard the bigger aircraft bound for the next destination to trans fer into the twin plane. Similarly, passengers from Chicago hound for points further along the route would move into the parent ship. “Separation and rendevous will repeat itself at each destination,” Chan said. Faculty members to receive $1,000 The proposed system would pro- Fifteen faculty-staff members will receive $1,000 awards at the university’s annual Faculty Rec ognition and Awards Program at 3:30 p.m. Thursday in G. Rollie White Coliseum. The program also will include recognition of six retiring faculty members with university service totaling 131 years. The Association of Former Stu dents will present 12 of the $1,000 awards and the Standard Oil (In diana) Foundation three. The As sociation of Former Students awards also include commemora tive watches. Seven of the Former Students awards will be presented for teaching, three for research and one each for individual student relationships and extension work. All three Standard Oil awards are based on teaching achieve ments. & Identity of the recipients will not be revealed until the reading of the individual certificates at the program. The program also will include recognition of Dr. A. M. Soren sen Jr., professor of animal sci ence who earlier in the year was selected a Piper Professor of 1970 by the Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation of San Antonio. That award also included a $1,000 hon orarium. Gen. A. R. Luedecke, acting president of the university, will preside. Former Students Presi dent Jim Sewell of Dallas will make brief remarks and present the association’s awards. Thanks Old Army for a great year. We appreciate your business, and we want you to know it. We sincerely hope that our dealings have been as pleasant for you as they’ve been for us. And for the men that are leaving, come on in and let us buy your books one more time. We’ll pay the best price - as always - and shake your hand one more time. Loupots ■ v.’,.v.. iv« *. ..’V***/" - • n • • * *