rtrapasso
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ORIGINAL: Mike Solli Damn, no wonder it IJAAF sucks so bad. Been trying to launch these things with a slingshot. (Couldn't find anyplace to take the gas. No comments here. This is a G rated forum.) The only time they actually shoot something down is when the slingshot flings them into an Allied plane. This reminds me of the infamous "chicken gun". Some engineers were trying to design a windshield (windscreen) for a "bullet" train, and they started to get worried about bird strikes. They thought they had the front window strong enough, but decided to test it. The Air Force engineers had a "chicken gun", designed to test airplane cockpits against bird strikes, so they borrowed it and tested their locomotive mockup. It was designed to take supermarket chickens... Contrary to their expectations, when the chicken was fired from the gun, it went through the armored glass, knocked the driver's seat off its pedestal, and crashed into the back of the cockpit, badly denting the steel panel. They decided to ask the Air Force Engineers if they were using the gun correctly. The AF guys saw what had happened, and replied laconically: "You're supposed to thaw the chicken first."
< Message edited by rtrapasso -- 6/27/2006 10:02:50 PM >
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