Jim E wrote:

"Thomas Schoene" wrote in message
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John Lansford wrote:

The chicken gun exists. I've seen it in operation in fact.

I'm guessing the myth in qustion is about the frozen vs non-frozen
chickens.* It will be interesting to see what the Mythbusters guys do
with
it.

Watched the program.
Their conclusion, frozen or thawed makes no difference to impact.
Strictly a function of mass, velocity, and time of deceleration.

Heh... maybe they need to design for pigeon strikes and not chickens.
Really... when
was the last time you saw a chicken in flight higher than 20 feet off the
ground, or
hanging around an airport? Pigeons and gulls on the other hand, or ducks...
they get up there
a bit more. But are much smaller birds. Unless the goal is to design for
collisions with canada
geese (our secret weapons).