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From Chicken Guns to Testing Cobra Venom: The Strange World of Military Science
Science Friday ^
| 10 Jun, 2016
| Mary Roach
Posted on 06/13/2016 9:46:27 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
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posted on
06/13/2016 9:46:47 AM PDT
by
MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly.
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posted on
06/13/2016 9:50:33 AM PDT
by
wbarmy
(I chose to be a sheepdog once I saw what happens to the sheep.)
To: MtnClimber
“It does not strike a jet in the manner in which a mallard or goose strikes a jetwings outstretched, legs trailing long”
Actually, they do tuck an instant before impact.
Been there, seen it. . .a couple of times.
It is reflexive for the birds, and they tuck to get smaller and drop (faster to drop than to climb).
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06/13/2016 9:51:46 AM PDT
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Hulka
To: MtnClimber
I would guess most people heard about the test that used a frozen chicken vs a thawed one that went right through the cockpit into the cabin.
To: MtnClimber
The Canadians learned that in order to conduct the birdstrike test effectively the chickens must be thawed.
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posted on
06/13/2016 9:59:05 AM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(If an illegal-alien quarantine saves just one child's life, it will be worth it.)
To: MtnClimber
It might be an interesting book.
I live near Aberdeen Proving Ground. Lots of really secure buildings there and guys who don’t really tell you what they do for a living. I had one over for lunch yesterday. He spent two minutes telling me what he did and saying exactly nothing.
I learned soon after moving here not to probe too deeply the friends who work on post.
I’m close enough that my house shakes occasionally from the BOOM’s
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posted on
06/13/2016 10:09:50 AM PDT
by
cyclotic
(Guns don't kill people. Abortion clinics kill people)
To: ImJustAnotherOkie
I still don’t know if that story is true, but it was the one of the first things I was told when I went to work for Cessna in the late 70’s in Wichita KS. I was told that a junior LearJet engineer used a frozen chicken, but I’m pretty sure that LearJet engineers were saying that about Cessna engineers, as well.
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06/13/2016 10:12:05 AM PDT
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Purdue77
To: MtnClimber
We use the chicken gun all the time...bird stike testing.
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posted on
06/13/2016 11:02:15 AM PDT
by
jacknhoo
(Luke 12:51. Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
To: MtnClimber
you're supposed to thaw them out first...
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posted on
06/13/2016 6:06:35 PM PDT
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Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - Luke, 22:36)
To: Chode
Wonder what they would do in a helmet strike on a F1 helmet on, lets say, a Petronas/Mercedes driver?
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posted on
06/13/2016 6:10:36 PM PDT
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MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
SQUID GUN --- OH, YEAH!
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posted on
06/13/2016 6:13:29 PM PDT
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BlueLancer
(Once is happenstance. Twice is circumstance. Three times is enemy action.)
To: MtnClimber
after watching Massa get beaned by that spring, prolly take Hammy's head clean off
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06/13/2016 6:14:04 PM PDT
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Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - Luke, 22:36)
To: MtnClimber; Gamecock; SaveFerris; FredZarguna; PROCON; Lil Flower
That explains Kramerica’s chicken wire.
To: MtnClimber
The US Federal Aviation Administration has a unique device for testing the strength of windshields on airplanes. The device is a gun that launches a dead chicken at a plane’s windshield at approximately the speed the plane flies.
The theory is that if the windshield doesn’t crack from the carcass impact, it’ll survive a real collision with a bird during flight.
It seems the British were very interested in this and wanted to test a windshield on a brand new, speedy locomotive they’re developing.
They borrowed FAA’s chicken launcher, loaded the chicken and fired.
The ballistic chicken shattered the windshield, broke the engineer’s chair and embedded itself in the back wall of the engine’s cab. The British were stunned and asked the FAA to recheck the test to see if everything was done correctly.
The FAA reviewed the test thoroughly and had one recommendation:
“Use a thawed chicken.”
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posted on
06/13/2016 6:18:55 PM PDT
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Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - Luke, 22:36)
To: Chode
Haas needs to set up one of these chicken guns at the slowest corner to take out the top qualifiers. That is the strategy he needs to get a top 10 qualifying position!
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06/13/2016 6:19:48 PM PDT
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MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
Haas needs to set up one of these chicken guns at the slowest corner to take out the top qualifiers. That is the strategy he needs to get a top 10 qualifying position!
Haas needs to use frozen chickens and then claim ignorance. That is the ticket!
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posted on
06/13/2016 6:33:58 PM PDT
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MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
heh heh heh heh... i was hoping for a better finish yesterday
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posted on
06/13/2016 6:53:31 PM PDT
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Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - Luke, 22:36)
To: Chode
Still, Haas is not doing badly for a first year F1 team. Having the Ferrari drive train does not hurt, but they are not up to Ferrari for the chassis.
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posted on
06/13/2016 6:56:35 PM PDT
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MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
yup, this is their R&D year...
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posted on
06/13/2016 7:27:10 PM PDT
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Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - Luke, 22:36)
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