Frozen turkeys (was Re: OT: A&P (was Re: ...))

[Jeremy Anderson]

Laura Brody wrote:

> On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 16:50:05 -0500, Mike Schwartz-PC Support & Services 
> <mschw at athenet.net> wrote:
> 
> The nutjobs[1] on the show "Mythbusters" created a pressurized
> cannon and aimed it at the aircraft. They used fresh and
> frozen chickens - they found no detectable difference in
> the amount of damage the chickens did to the windshield.
> Both chickens totally shattered it, then they figured out
> that they screwed-up the test because the small aircraft
> that they were using *was NOT rated to withstand bird strikes*.
> Oops.

They redid the test on a later show, due to viewer suggestion/complaints.
They found that the penetration power of a frozen chicken was MARKEDLY 
greater than that of a thawed chicken.


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