"As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly."
-----Original Message----- From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Robert Andrews Sent: Monday, February 6, 2017 12:38 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Climbing is Life There was an older story that was about frozen vs. thawed birds going into turbines.. it's on snopes... I heard about that back in the 80's before I ever heard about the canopy version... pre internet for sure.. maybe usenet... On 02/06/2017 09:49 AM, Adam Moffett wrote: > I'm not sure what you're telling me now. A drone in a turbine would > be terrible for sure, I don't think anybody's disputing that. I'm > sure a bird is bad too. > > You mentioned "brits testing bird strikes" so I thought you meant the > old anecdote about breaking aircraft windshields by launching frozen > chickens instead of thawed ones. Maybe we're not talking about the > same thing. > > Yes Myth Busters fails at scientific rigor, but they get the essence > of science right which is experimentally testing a hypothesis. In > most of their shows --including this one-- they were just testing what > was already known: the frozen chicken story was debunked long before > Myth Busters touched it. > > > > ------ Original Message ------ > From: "Robert Andrews" <i...@avantwireless.com> > To: af@afmug.com > Sent: 2/6/2017 12:13:18 PM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Climbing is Life > >> Myth busters, lol, not exactly what I cite for science... That test >> was flawed all over the place.. But they didn't test frozen chicken >> into turbine blades, which was the situation I was referring to. >> Anyways facts show even non-frozen bird is a bad situation for >> turbines.. So a metal drone with solid chunks is going to be a much >> harder bit to swallow... >> >> On 02/06/2017 09:09 AM, Adam Moffett wrote: >>> You mean with the chicken cannon? Tested on Myth Busters. Frozen >>> chicken does not have more momentum than a thawed chicken. >>> >>> ------ Original Message ------ >>> From: "Robert Andrews" <i...@avantwireless.com> >>> To: af@afmug.com >>> Sent: 2/6/2017 12:03:07 PM >>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Climbing is Life >>> >>>> You heard the story about brits testing bird strikes? >>>> >>>> On 02/06/2017 08:53 AM, Kurt Fankhauser wrote: >>>>> what would happen if a drone was flying as high as a commercial >>>>> plane and gut sucked into the engine? >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 11:19 AM, Adam Moffett <dmmoff...@gmail.com >>>>> <mailto:dmmoff...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Exactly....there's the law and there's actual flight ceiling. >>>>> Bigger ones can go up several thousand feet. >>>>> >>>>> I was looking at (did not buy) one to carry a 2.5kg payload. >>>>> Without the payload it could very very high....like commercial >>>>> airplane high. There's no good reason to do that, but you >>>>> *could*. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ------ Original Message ------ >>>>> From: "Mathew Howard" <mhoward...@gmail.com >>>>> <mailto:mhoward...@gmail.com>> >>>>> To: "af" <af@afmug.com <mailto:af@afmug.com>> >>>>> Sent: 2/6/2017 11:11:01 AM >>>>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Climbing is Life >>>>> >>>>>> It's not exactly legal to fly them that high (assuming this >>>>>> was in >>>>>> the US)... >>>>>> >>>>>> On Mon, Feb 6, 2017 at 9:11 AM, Kurt Fankhauser >>>>>> <lists.wavel...@gmail.com <mailto:lists.wavel...@gmail.com>> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> that is a neat video, I didn't know drones could fly that >>>>>> high >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sun, Feb 5, 2017 at 11:57 PM, Rory Conaway >>>>>> <r...@triadwireless.net <mailto:r...@triadwireless.net>> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> https://www.youtube.com/embed/f1BgzIZRfT8?feature=player_embedded >>>>>> >>>>>> <https://www.youtube.com/embed/f1BgzIZRfT8?feature=player_embedde >>>>>> d>____ >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> __ __ >>>>>> >>>>>> *Rory Conaway **• Triad Wireless •**CEO____* >>>>>> >>>>>> *4226 S. 37^th Street • Phoenix • AZ 85040____* >>>>>> >>>>>> *602-426-0542 <tel:(602)%20426-0542>____* >>>>>> >>>>>> *r...@triadwireless.net >>>>>> <mailto:r...@triadwireless.net>____* >>>>>> >>>>>> *www.triadwireless.net >>>>>> <http://www.triadwireless.net/>____* >>>>>> >>>>>> *__ __* >>>>>> >>>>>> “Baseball - we do not stop playing because we grow >>>>>> old, we >>>>>> grow old because we stop playing”____ >>>>>> >>>>>> __ __ >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>> >>> > >
