| Show Airplane Teaches Auto Less Weight and Power Per One On lesson that th t the th automobile hu has taken from the th lane acv ac- according c cording to William B Stout the tho Detroit airplane man Is more mor a hindrance than a benefit Streamlining Str tor for airplanes Is good because b cus wind always comes from straight ahead hc d during flight In In n a motor car says ay ay stout the wind may moy be bo from rom th the side or or from th the r rear rr ao 80 that lh t a streamline body would bo be a a distinct disadvantage e and might be even the tho til cause cus of or lost lo control of or the th car It If carried to toan toan toan an extreme But It looks look good tood anyway By ISRAEL HLEiN Science Editor N NEA J Service Having given the th airplane the thead ad advantages of or Its Us engine encin Its material and mechanical processes the tho automobile now Is In the tho peculiar position of or father tather taking lessons from an n educated son eon on I Henceforth to Improve itself the tho motor car cr must learn from from the tho airplane For th the all airplane pIano has hILS achieved a finer development In an engineering sense than the AUtO Ko No greater tr authority than thin Wil- Wil William Wil William liam B Stout the Detroit all all- metal all m metal etal airplane manufacturer m nut says mso so Ills HIs story of or what irh t the auto auto- automobile automobile auto mobile has ha to learn from the airplane 18 I a 0 condemnation ot of the automotive Industry For the th av- av average tra av-tra o motor car of or today he ho says say 7 f 1 f x der derf Ya a Y Yr r Y B STOUT STOUP Is built hullt to sell lIell not to achieve the bight or of engineering sl skill l I On the other hand hanC the airplane Is still In the laboratory under under- going coins all aU sorts of ot test testa to make tt It a perfect machine machin before It will b be plc placed d on tb the sales Ales floors floora or of f the tb country A FI FINER ER Th The result II I that the lh airplane has far surpassed the th auto In en- en engineering en c refinement and design It hu hat hi an engine enfin of much longer life lite and reliability than the tho th auto auto- automobile automobile uto mobile It Is it much lighter yet y t sturdier than the th motor car cur And It Its entire design le III I unified unWed for one special pu purpose There Th rc Is la no reason says BaYS say Stout why s the th he present pres nt automobile en- en ensine engin enIn sine gin cant can't be b reduced In weight from ten pounds per horsepower to four tour or even two pounds pound justas just justas justas as the airplane mot motor r has NorIs NorIs Nor NorIs Is there thero any reason why th the body and frame frome tram cant can't be b der designed 1 ed as asa asa aa a unit with Ith Its stresses center center- centered centered ed down to the th front axle lust just justas Justa as In the th cue case cas of or the to airplane Nor Is there ther any excuse icus for such a n heavy car as a we w have today when It should be b welsh weigh Inc h-Inc log Ing from to 1600 pounds In with the th material m and workmanship put Into Int the th airplane TIIE TITE FUmiE OAn n In fact tact Stout prophesies the coming of ot such Euch motor cars care when the business office makes way for the tho engineering staff start for awhile a awhile awhile while and when car cars will wilt be built to perform before they are made to sell That car ot of the th future will wilt be b bon one on designed as a unit weighing from to 1100 1600 pounds having an cooled air-cooled motor motor-at motor a the tho th air air- airplane airplane plane has hu one today today one fourth the weight of or the th modern engine and ami giving more mor power New materials are ar coming Into use use- use aluminum aluminum alloys magnesium al- al alloys alloys loys and their combinations stainless steel steels and and oth other r Improvement for tor not of 0 will I be car Th The result beasler eider euler riding only with butter much greater re ter with but qualities buta and a per per- performance per performance strength longer life lite that thai of at least st double the modern car IndustrY II 1 11 It If the automobile through the l going to Win ahead ot of It It cui tie which are firms firm some lome says aYI stout then mutt wake up to this new ty typos pros pos prospect and Ind and noW around the basic bring out II a car fundamental deet n |
