I seem to remember they goofed up their testing as well... They forgot to make sure the windshields they were testing were even rated for bird-strikes.
From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of LJ Longwing Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 12:45 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: OT - Friday Humor Yup....the name of the episode was 'Chicken Gun'...:) ________________________________ From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lammey, Peter A. Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 10:50 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: OT - Friday Humor Didn't they do experiments similar to this on Mythbusters? Im sure I have seen one episode when they tested the myth about people flying out of a window from an airplane when the window is broken. I wonder if they did the test with a chicken.... Thanks Peter Lammey ESPN IT Client Architecture and Automation 860-766-4761 ________________________________ From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pruitt, Christopher J Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 9:36 AM To: [email protected] Subject: OT - Friday Humor This is allegedly a true story. Engineers at a major aerospace company were instructed to test the effects of bird-strikes (notably geese) on the windshields of airliners and military jets. To simulate the effect of a goose colliding with an aircraft traveling at high speed, the test engineers built a powerful gun, with which they fired dead chickens at the windshields. The simulations using the gun and the dead chickens worked extremely effectively, happily proving the suitability of the windshields, and several articles about the project appeared in the testing industry press. It so happened that another test laboratory in a different part of the world was involved in assessing bird-strikes - in this case on the windshields and drivers' cabs of new very high speed trains. The train test engineers had read about the pioneering test developed by the aerospace team, and so they approached them to ask for specifications of the gun and the testing methods. The aerospace engineers duly gave them details, and the train engineers set about building their own simulation. The simulated bird-strike tests on the train windshields and cabs produced shocking results. The supposed state-of-the-art shatter-proof high speed train windshields offered little resistance to the high-speed chickens; in fact every single windshield that was submitted for testing was smashed to pieces, along with a number of train cabs and much of the test booth itself. The horrified train engineers were concerned that the new high speed trains required a safety technology that was beyond their experience, so they contacted the aerospace team for advice and suggestions, sending them an extensive report of the tests and failures. The brief reply came back from the aero-engineers: "You need to defrost the chickens.... Christopher Pruitt Consultant Specialist EDS, an HP Company mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor: www.rmsportal.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"
