To: sukhoi-30mki
From an
article at The Blaze:
The aircraft’s structure is corrosion-protected and the side-hinged canopy has a windshield capable of withstanding a bird strike at 270 kts.
Not sure why one needs to worry about bird strikes on the canopy with a single engine nose-mounted prop. By the time the bird gets to the canopy, the prop has already turned it into Chicken McNuggets.
5 posted on
07/11/2012 9:25:56 AM PDT by
Thane_Banquo
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To: Thane_Banquo
Not sure why one needs to worry about bird strikes on the canopy with a single engine nose-mounted prop. By the time the bird gets to the canopy, the prop has already turned it into Chicken McNuggets. What if the bird comes from either side or an oblique angle? The fact is, bird strikes at altitude are a definite and sometimes deadly possibility.
BIRD STRIKE CAUSED FATAL MARINE CRASH
26 posted on
07/11/2012 5:45:08 PM PDT by
A.A. Cunningham
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To: Thane_Banquo
29 posted on
08/01/2012 7:35:56 AM PDT by
A.A. Cunningham
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