Chicken Gun

[echnidna]

Scientists at NASA built a gun specifically to launch 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 backrest 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 US scientists for suggestions.

NASA responded with a one-line memo: "Defrost the chicken."

[journeyman Mick]

Bob,
you didn't watch "myth busters" the other night did you? The guys built a compressed air cannon that fired fresh and frozen chickens at high velocity. They fired them at varying pressures, through windscreens, at targets, through polycarbonate blast screens and in front of high speed cameras. Didn't make a scrap of difference whether they were frozen or fresh, same weight fired at the same speed made the same impact. Buy didn't they have fun trying! I want a job like that where I get to make things to blow up, or shoot out of giant cannons, or burn or smash, etc etc.

Mick

[Shane Watson]

I want a job like that where I get to make things to blow up, or shoot out of giant cannons, or burn or smash, etc etc.

Yeah but did you see the episode a couple of weeks back where they put two dead pigs in a car and let them rot for three months or so and then tried to clean the car to get the smell out....yuk....needless to say, one ruined car....

[Termite]

Those blokes on Mythbusters are seriously crazy, I like them.

[Zed]

of course the most importnat qustion is : do you reckon they are gay ? (not that that matters of course!!!)

dont they have something like 30 yrs special effect experience ?

I'd love to have access to thier workshop!!!

[arose62]

I think the chicken gun has been in use up around Newcastle recently, hasn't it ????

Cheers,
Andrew

[Termite]

of course the most importnat qustion is : do you reckon they are gay ? (not that that matters of course!!!)

Dunno, sometimes I think so, but then again it's hard to tell with a lot of Septics.

[bitingmidge]

They are mostly very happy.

P

[Zed]

They are mostly very happy.

P

thats a very innoxious psot mr midge ? feeling sick today ???

[bitingmidge]

Not two grand!

P

[Termite]

Not two grand!

P

Zed, I'd say he's as sharp as he usually is.

[outback]

I'm just waiting for them to show us a mutton gun! :eek:

[AlexS]

Or a pork sword :eek: