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- From: kentm@aix.rpi.edu (Michael V. Kent)
- Newsgroups: sci.space
- Subject: Re: Chicken Guns (was Re: "trivial engineering")
- Message-ID: <z0k2+#g@rpi.edu>
- Date: 15 Dec 92 19:50:40 GMT
- References: <BzA75H.6Lp.1@cs.cmu.edu> <1992Dec15.170452.21490@aio.jsc.nasa.gov>
- Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
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- In article <1992Dec15.170452.21490@aio.jsc.nasa.gov> hack@arabia.uucp (Edmund Hack) writes:
-
- >A former co-worker of mine worked at Pratt & Whitney on the F-100 (?)
- >engine program in data acquisition for the test programs. He said they
- >all looked forward to the visit of the Air Force Chicken Cannon with
- >both anticipation and dread. Dead, fully feathered chickens are
- >procured and shot into the front at high speed. He said the noise and
- >smell were quite remarkable.
-
- Reminds me of a story I heard circulating MCAIR a few years ago. They were
- performing bird ingestion tests on (I think) the F-15 Eagle. The engineers
- and the technicians got to work and began to set up the test fixture and air
- gun. By the time they were finished, it was about noon, so they decided to hit
- the local eatery before performing the tests. So they get back from lunch,
- throw a few remaining switches, and start the test.
-
- "OK Joe -- press the button."
-
- Thwoomp MEEEOOOOOWWW <indescribable sound>
-
- Well, at least they know the F-15 can survive feline ingestion. :)
-
- Mike
-
- You know, ASCII just doesn't do this story justice.
-
- --
- Michael Kent kentm@rpi.edu
- Flight Test Engineer Tute-Screwed Aero '92
- McDonnell Douglas Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- These views are solely those of the author. Apple II Forever !!
-