Arkos Reed Posted April 12, 2004 Share Posted April 12, 2004 Scientists at the Canadian Research Facility built a gun specifically to launch dead chickens at the windshields of Airlines and military jets, 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. NASA 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 NASA 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 Americans sent the Canadian Research Facility the disastrous results of the experiment, along with the designs of the windshield and begged the Canadian scientists for suggestions. The Canadian Research Facility responded with a one-line memo "...Defrost the chicken." :rofl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hadiz Posted April 12, 2004 Share Posted April 12, 2004 Hm... got a link? sounds pretty bizarre... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chavo Posted April 12, 2004 Share Posted April 12, 2004 Hm... got a link? sounds pretty bizarre... Didn't happen to notice which forum you were in did ya? Canadian Research Facility, should have given it away, this one is older than the chicken gun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfhound Posted April 12, 2004 Share Posted April 12, 2004 That's what I get for clicking on the link off the front page... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OPaul Posted April 12, 2004 Share Posted April 12, 2004 They did this on Myth Busters, the chicken blew right threw the cockpit windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjiggag23 Posted April 12, 2004 Share Posted April 12, 2004 haha. this is old though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Underhill Posted April 12, 2004 Share Posted April 12, 2004 That's an urban myth. On the discovery channels show "Mythbusters" they proved that a frozen chicken and a unfrozen chicken exert the same amount of force on impact and therefore a frozen chicken would cause the same amount of damage as an unfrozen one. As they say on the show "Mythbusted." :) btw...OPaul, the cockpit windshield of that light aircraft was not rated for birdstrikes, thats why the chicken blasted clear through it. It was quite amusing though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhangm Supervisor Posted April 12, 2004 Supervisor Share Posted April 12, 2004 The original one was British, but yeah, everyone loves to diss Americans. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivand Posted April 12, 2004 Share Posted April 12, 2004 haha LoL :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Poulet Posted April 13, 2004 Share Posted April 13, 2004 Didn't happen to notice which forum you were in did ya?Canadian Research Facility, should have given it away, this one is older than the chicken gun. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aadhu Posted April 13, 2004 Share Posted April 13, 2004 lol... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bdsams Veteran Posted April 14, 2004 Veteran Share Posted April 14, 2004 Scientists at the Canadian Research Facility i couldnt get past the first line with out laughing... then realised that wasnt the joke canadians do research? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cesardrgn Posted April 14, 2004 Share Posted April 14, 2004 good one... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kramitman_87 Posted April 14, 2004 Share Posted April 14, 2004 They did this on Myth Busters, the chicken blew right threw the cockpit windows. i seen that too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiszmai Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 lmao! :rofl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WishX Posted April 15, 2004 Share Posted April 15, 2004 It had nothing to do with Canada or NASA. In fact, it may not be entirely true at all. http://www.snopes.com/science/cannon.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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