Sometimes it DOES take a Rocket Scientist!! (4)

May 9, 2008 10:47 PM CST Sometimes it DOES take a Rocket Scientist!!
Brew01
Brew01Brew01Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan Canada58 Threads 1,613 Posts
Scientists at Rolls Royce built a gun specifically to launch dead
chickens at the windshields of airliners and military jets all
travelling at maximum velocity. The idea is to simulate the frequent
incidents of collisions with airborne fowl to test the strength of the
windshields.

American 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 American 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 Yanks sent Rolls Royce the disastrous results of the
experiment, along with the designs of the windshield and begged the
British scientists for suggestions.

You're going to love this......


Rolls Royce responded with the following one-line memo:









Defrost the chicken !

frustrated frustrated frustrated frustrated
May 9, 2008 11:33 PM CST Sometimes it DOES take a Rocket Scientist!!
Loner1960
Loner1960Loner1960St. Alphonse, Manitoba Canada15 Threads 402 Posts
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May 10, 2008 6:21 AM CST Sometimes it DOES take a Rocket Scientist!!
Hesmybrother
HesmybrotherHesmybrotherOntario, Canada2 Threads 60 Posts
I actually watched this experiment on a program called "Mythbusters"

Heres the link

The first chicken is thawed and cracks the glass
The second one is frozen.....rolling on the floor laughing ......yikes
May 14, 2008 9:35 AM CST Sometimes it DOES take a Rocket Scientist!!
curlywolf
curlywolfcurlywolfmontreal, Quebec Canada402 Threads 7,052 Posts
Ok.......out of curiosity..........how many of you have EVER had a chicken,frozen or other wise come through ur winshield?jaw drop




Just askingrolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing rolling on the floor laughing let me know so I can stay out of ur neighborhood.laugh
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