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"jamoran" wrote in message .. . I know fighter Jet canopies are tested by firing frozen chickens at them No they're not. Military aircraft canopies are tested by dropping a standard object from a series of different heights and the resultant crater measured. -- William Black I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach Time for tea. |
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"William Black" wrote in message ... "jamoran" wrote in message .. . I know fighter Jet canopies are tested by firing frozen chickens at them No they're not. Military aircraft canopies are tested by dropping a standard object from a series of different heights and the resultant crater measured. Well, actually, there IS - or at least used to be - a "chicken cannon" at Goodyear Aerospace near Phoenix, AZ; I've seen it. But the OP is sadly mistaken if he thinks the thing ever fired *frozen* chickens as part of any serious testing. Bob M. |
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Bob Myers wrote:
is sadly mistaken if he thinks the thing ever fired *frozen* chickens as part of any serious testing. They buy frozen chickens. They fire thawed chickens. And they also have explosives at the root of a few blades which they detonate to ensure that the now loose blades will be contained. |
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On Jan 28, 5:13*pm, "Bob Myers" wrote:
"William Black" wrote in message ... "jamoran" wrote in message . .. I know fighter Jet canopies are tested by firing frozen chickens at them No they're not. Military aircraft canopies are tested by dropping a standard object from a series of different heights and the resultant crater measured. Well, actually, there IS - or at least used to be - a "chicken cannon" at Goodyear Aerospace near Phoenix, AZ; I've seen it. *But the OP is sadly mistaken if he thinks the thing ever fired *frozen* chickens as part of any serious testing. Bob M. I believe they've stopped using actual poultry and have developed a standard test article constructed of a gelatin and wood. |
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"John Doe" wrote in message ... Bob Myers wrote: is sadly mistaken if he thinks the thing ever fired *frozen* chickens as part of any serious testing. They buy frozen chickens. They fire thawed chickens. Right. Or whatever chickens they can get. The point is that what comes out of the "cannon" and hits the canopy is not a frozen carcass. (GA tests - or at least did when I was there to see it - fighter canopies, etc., not engines. It was part of what they called their "Transparent Armor" operation.) Bob M. |
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"Kev" wrote in message ... Well, actually, there IS - or at least used to be - a "chicken cannon" at Goodyear Aerospace near Phoenix, AZ; I've seen it. But the OP is sadly mistaken if he thinks the thing ever fired *frozen* chickens as part of any serious testing. Bob M. I believe they've stopped using actual poultry and have developed a standard test article constructed of a gelatin and wood. That would make a lot of sense, from the repeatability and consistency perspective and quite possibly on a cost basis, at least if they're getting their chickens from the same market I shop at...:-) It would also silence, hopefully, some of the criticism from the animal-rights sorts, whom I recall were giving them some grief - having somehow come to believe that they were occasionally loading *live* birds into the cannon. (Right - like the test techs would have nothing better to do than to try to round up live chickens and somehow get them into the breech.....:-)) With the chickens, though, it sure did make an impressive splatter. The canopies they were testing at the time were heavy-duty things; it was not so much a matter of looking for cracks and holes as it was hosing the former chicken off the thing and seeing if it had somehow been *scratched*...;-) Bob M. |
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"Kev" wrote in message ... On Jan 28, 5:13 pm, "Bob Myers" wrote: "William Black" wrote in message ... "jamoran" wrote in message . .. I know fighter Jet canopies are tested by firing frozen chickens at them No they're not. Military aircraft canopies are tested by dropping a standard object from a series of different heights and the resultant crater measured. Well, actually, there IS - or at least used to be - a "chicken cannon" at Goodyear Aerospace near Phoenix, AZ; I've seen it. And I've seen the one at Rolls Royce in Derby. But it was used to test bird strike on engines not canopies. I've also seen the jet fighter canopy testing unit at BAE Preston where they drop (dropped? It may have closed now) ball bearings onto jet fighter canopies... -- William Black I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach Time for tea. |
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"John Doe" wrote in message ... Bob Myers wrote: is sadly mistaken if he thinks the thing ever fired *frozen* chickens as part of any serious testing. They buy frozen chickens. They fire thawed chickens. Mr. ja moran has been sending funky posts for quite some time now. The "frozen" part of the story was taken from a humorous article. The subject was just a result of Mr. moran's reading comprehension problem. |
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"William Black" wrote in message ... "Kev" wrote in message ... On Jan 28, 5:13 pm, "Bob Myers" wrote: "William Black" wrote in message ... "jamoran" wrote in message . .. I know fighter Jet canopies are tested by firing frozen chickens at them No they're not. Military aircraft canopies are tested by dropping a standard object from a series of different heights and the resultant crater measured. Well, actually, there IS - or at least used to be - a "chicken cannon" at Goodyear Aerospace near Phoenix, AZ; I've seen it. And I've seen the one at Rolls Royce in Derby. But it was used to test bird strike on engines not canopies. Did they all have chicken soup after the tests were completed? |
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"Jim Davis" wrote in message m... "William Black" wrote in message ... "Kev" wrote in message ... On Jan 28, 5:13 pm, "Bob Myers" wrote: "William Black" wrote in message ... "jamoran" wrote in message . .. I know fighter Jet canopies are tested by firing frozen chickens at them No they're not. Military aircraft canopies are tested by dropping a standard object from a series of different heights and the resultant crater measured. Well, actually, there IS - or at least used to be - a "chicken cannon" at Goodyear Aerospace near Phoenix, AZ; I've seen it. And I've seen the one at Rolls Royce in Derby. But it was used to test bird strike on engines not canopies. Did they all have chicken soup after the tests were completed? Doubtful. I imagine the jet fuel adds a sort of 'techno' taste to the remains... -- William Black I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach Time for tea. |
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