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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (April 30, 1982)
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Up to (>() percent of the resist ance encountered in the com bination of bicycle and rider could be eliminated with the fairings, which are placed in the wheel and the spoke area. Daugherty hopes to design an inexpensive product suitable for touring cyclists as well as bi cycle racers. Even though it will probably lx* more profitable for those touring, local racers have expressed interest in tiding the bicycle. Daugherty said. Even though covering the en tire wheels with plastic wrap gives the best drag reduction, Daugherty said this isn't the safest procedure because a strong crosswind could easily blow the bike and rider over. Paper circles covering the bub area, or paper cuffs covering the base of spokes along the wheel rim were tested, along with va rious other fairing designs. Daugherty said she is at the Deer Park to keep Shamroci from burning PC critical point nowo: near (ihagra's ing how inuchofthi pey trial. Ik* covered for siiccop S District reduction andstillat |>°ns accepte< wind passage forsa[«t|s ra an d lout Anexperiencedbi -hecase in the a 1‘2-speed racingfcf era ' CourtlnH test track at theTnai.li’mC w l 10 wa search Center under IP a i Art ton io t t\'s supervision to k' ^ av -D, I theories. A micropm#'^ ie ai'niignm tern to measure '* K ' 11 placed on the MtM ors charg, lebars, while the ndep™ to s ' 1< . )o1 ^ velocity readingsinatan™ until hi der in a backpack forceH| x ■ during the coastingp w| t he ride. Seconds 1 r-* y siired between each udil determine how mudtit^n slowed down. \\ hen a cyclistisgdxteen engineer iliM.nue nr livingH'ltHt, a i' | t . N ., s |x eiU. the amounti^B; en t| N wei that must laeexertedi jiewly formed < portant," DaugherintphaPi, a natioi In a technical wtiia (or engineer! petition sponsoredbvftjors. it an Institute ol .te Tocjualil y for and Astronautics, DoRta Gamm; won first place forhe ems must be at titled “Drag Redw iedepartment a I wo-Wheeled Huraanf tint 3.2 grade Vehicle." After coni* The off icers, i search, she plans M Wive member; her work and entet itt|urage, preside in the AIAA nationals, vice presid (ion in Reno, Nev. liguel, secreta guyen, treasur Saurage inst; f i rrbfr ! din(,l,, g v de P I 1 iilllJ F-dint A. Bert O [ g lechnolop jhbert S. Page, ( geof Engineer .Puckett, the 1 iwnsor, as hone Charter meml the meeting: 1 bter E. Baker, imes Ray Cesj ■ANK SH0TS,TRKK SHOTS AND OTHER lABLE MANNERS. I’m gonna teach you a coupla things that’ll 1) impress your friends, and 2) maybe lose some friends. All you need is good eyesight, a little dexterity, and three essentials: a pool table, pool cue, and some Lite Beer from Miller. United Press International DEER PARK — Residents of this Houston ship channel com munity protested a tentative federal decision to allow a second industrial facilty — the Diamond Shamrock Corp. — in their area to burn toxic wastes. Citizens said Wednesday they were not abated by assurances from the Environmental Protec tion Agency that the incinera tion of PCBs would eliminate — . er, Brian P. Koi not create - a health^ ^ Joh PCB start s for K Wayne ated biphenyl, any(' , ’™ , .rcher Riba, Ta organic compounds ;ind Rob ' er used widely in indmlfi During the t ses but later found to ons to the environment Dr. Marty Allen, enlist, said a test showed the plant ii operating at l,l80dy sins, destroyed 99i99f the waste PCBs. supposed to lose money doing trick shots-just win Lite Beers. by Steve Mizerak CHEAP SHOTS Here’s a goodie. I call it the “Cheap Shot’.’ Place a ball on the edge of the corner pocket. Then, take a half-dollar and lean it against the side rail at the other end of the table. (If you don’t have a half-dollar, you can always write home to your parents: they’d love to hear from you.) Tell your friends you’re gonna sink the ball in the corner, using the half-dollar as a cue ball. It’s not hard. Hit the coin solidly on the edge, just above the center, and it will roll along the rail knocking the ball in the pocket. But don’t forget to scoff up the half-dollar. Because you’re not IE COIN TRICK iis one drives people nuts. Place a ball on the head spot. With the chalk, make a circle around it, approx imately 8" in diameter. Then put a quar ter or half-dollar on top of the ball. (Yes, you can use the same one from before, or you can write home to your parents again.) Place the cue ball behind the foot line and have your friends try to knock the coin out of the circle. Chances are, they won’t be able to (this is a good time to work on your Lite Beer and act smug). When you shoot, do one of two things: hit the object ball head-on with follow-through so the cue ball knocks the coin out, or hit the cue ball very, very slowly so the coin rolls off the object ball. TABLE MANNERS Now for simple table etiquette. After you’ve “hustled” your friends, you gotta keep ’em. So do what I call “Clearing the Table!’ Simply offer to buy the next round of Lite Beer. They’ll all clear the table fast and head for the bar (or to your room or apartment). Then, once they all have Lite (just one apiece-you’re not too rich, remember), tell them with Lite in hand and a smirk on your face that your shots were no big deal-you were just showin’ off. 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