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From: turner@udecc.engr.udayton.edu (Staff- Bob S Turner)
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Subject: Re: Weird Cannon
Message-ID: <1991Mar19.042956.6594@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 19 Mar 91 04:29:56 GMT
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From: turner@udecc.engr.udayton.edu (Staff- Bob S Turner)
 
In article <1991Mar13.001928.5935@cbnews.att.com> JEWELLLW@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU (Larry W. Jewell) writes:



>I recently noticed a posting (and you can't make me say
>where) that the U.K. had a "chicken cannon" for testing
> 	
Yes, we have one here at UD. The Impact Physics Dept. of the Research
Institute uses it for birdstrike testing. The favorite Campus Legend
(local version of Urban Legend :-) is in the early 70's during 
canopy birdstrike testing the research personnel used live birds. This
gave them a good characterization of the strike. Using that info they
developed a slug, also called a bird. I'm not sure what material its
made of, but it is rather moist and spongy. They have to referigerate
them to keep them fresh. Oh, they also come in a selection of sizes, all
shaped like a cylinder.
 	
Anyways, when they were using live birds it apparently was
real intresting to have classes in the Engineering or Music buildings.

The gun is still used for birdstrike as well as other impact
testing.
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Bob Turner                    Network Manager, School of Engineering
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Univ. of Dayton, Engineering Computing Center-KL211, Dayton OH 45469