Re: [meteorite-list] Fwd: Fwd: Chicken gun
Sounds like THE standard joke, in this field of the aerospace technology to me. As a young aerospace stress engineer in 1993 or 1994, I once prepared a test spec. for a bird impact test on an aircraft's windshield. The chicken had to hit at the worst case location, at worst case conditions etc. Our supplier PPG at Huntsville, Alabama conducted the test. They told me that when a test failed, the standard joke was to blame a certain guy who conducted the tests for forgetting to defrost the chicken :-) All the best, Rob L www.AsteroidChippings.com -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] Namens cdtuc...@cox.net Verzonden: vrijdag 5 oktober 2012 17:43 Aan: meteoritelist Onderwerp: [meteorite-list] Fwd: Fwd: Chicken gun > > > Chicken Gun > > Too funny not to share! Sometimes it does take a rocket scientist! > > Scientists at NASA built a gun specifically to launch standard 4 pound dead chickens at the windshields of airliners, military jets and the space shuttle, all traveling at maximum velocity. The idea is to simulate the frequent incidents of collisions with airborne fowl to test the strength of the windshields. > > British engineers heard about the gun and were eager to test it on the windshields of their new high speed trains. Arrangements were made, and a gun was sent to the British engineers. > > When the gun was fired, the engineers stood shocked as the chicken hurled out of the barrel, crashed into the shatterproof shield, smashed it to smithereens, blasted through the control console, snapped the engineer's back-rest in two, and embedded itself in the back wall of the cabin, like an arrow shot from a bow. > > The horrified Brits sent NASA the disastrous results of the experiment, along with the designs of the windshield and begged the U.S. scientists for suggestions. > > > > NASA responded with a one-line memo -- > > > > > "Defrost the chicken." (True Story) > > > > > __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Fwd: Fwd: Chicken gun
Dear Mythswappers, I smell Techno-Urban Legend here. Read: http://www.snopes.com/science/cannon.asp and http://home.xnet.com/~warinner/chickens.html Catapoultry? The Chicken Ingestion Test? The Rooster Booster? The Chicken Cannon has been around since 1972., and the story of the dumb British (American, French, Russian, Australian, Brazilian) engineers since 1986 (at least). Sterling K. Webb -- - Original Message - From: "Spaceguard" To: Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2012 6:07 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Fwd: Fwd: Chicken gun Absolutely true, but it was Rolls Royce engineers in the UK that developed the gun, and an unnamed US aeroengine manufacturer that made the boo-boo! Jay The Spaceguard Centre On 05/10/2012 16:43, cdtuc...@cox.net wrote: Chicken Gun Too funny not to share! Sometimes it does take a rocket scientist! Scientists at NASA built a gun specifically to launch standard 4 pound dead chickens at the windshields of airliners, military jets and the space shuttle, all traveling at maximum velocity. The idea is to simulate the frequent incidents of collisions with airborne fowl to test the strength of the windshields. British engineers heard about the gun and were eager to test it on the windshields of their new high speed trains. Arrangements were made, and a gun was sent to the British engineers. When the gun was fired, the engineers stood shocked as the chicken hurled out of the barrel, crashed into the shatterproof shield, smashed it to smithereens, blasted through the control console, snapped the engineer's back-rest in two, and embedded itself in the back wall of the cabin, like an arrow shot from a bow. The horrified Brits sent NASA the disastrous results of the experiment, along with the designs of the windshield and begged the U.S. scientists for suggestions. NASA responded with a one-line memo -- "Defrost the chicken." (True Story) __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2677 / Virus Database: 2591/5803 - Release Date: 10/01/12 __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Fwd: Fwd: Chicken gun
Absolutely true, but it was Rolls Royce engineers in the UK that developed the gun, and an unnamed US aeroengine manufacturer that made the boo-boo! Jay The Spaceguard Centre On 05/10/2012 16:43, cdtuc...@cox.net wrote: Chicken Gun Too funny not to share! Sometimes it does take a rocket scientist! Scientists at NASA built a gun specifically to launch standard 4 pound dead chickens at the windshields of airliners, military jets and the space shuttle, all traveling at maximum velocity. The idea is to simulate the frequent incidents of collisions with airborne fowl to test the strength of the windshields. British engineers heard about the gun and were eager to test it on the windshields of their new high speed trains. Arrangements were made, and a gun was sent to the British engineers. When the gun was fired, the engineers stood shocked as the chicken hurled out of the barrel, crashed into the shatterproof shield, smashed it to smithereens, blasted through the control console, snapped the engineer's back-rest in two, and embedded itself in the back wall of the cabin, like an arrow shot from a bow. The horrified Brits sent NASA the disastrous results of the experiment, along with the designs of the windshield and begged the U.S. scientists for suggestions. NASA responded with a one-line memo -- "Defrost the chicken." (True Story) __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list - No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2677 / Virus Database: 2591/5803 - Release Date: 10/01/12 __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] Fwd: Fwd: Chicken gun
> > > Chicken Gun > > Too funny not to share! Sometimes it does take a rocket scientist! > > Scientists at NASA built a gun specifically to launch standard 4 pound dead > chickens at the windshields of airliners, military jets and the space > shuttle, all traveling at maximum velocity. The idea is to simulate the > frequent incidents of collisions with airborne fowl to test the strength of > the windshields. > > British engineers heard about the gun and were eager to test it on the > windshields of their new high speed trains. Arrangements were made, and a gun > was sent to the British engineers. > > When the gun was fired, the engineers stood shocked as the chicken hurled > out of the barrel, crashed into the shatterproof shield, smashed it to > smithereens, blasted through the control console, snapped the engineer's > back-rest in two, and embedded itself in the back wall of the cabin, like an > arrow shot from a bow. > > The horrified Brits sent NASA the disastrous results of the experiment, along > with the designs of the windshield and begged the U.S. scientists for > suggestions. > > > > NASA responded with a one-line memo -- > > > > > "Defrost the chicken." (True Story) > > > > > __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
