Did you know.....

[dannygp]

Did you know at 95mph the windscreen will not break if a bird happens to hit it

Tested about 27mins ago

 

[puntokris]

Did you know at 95mph the windscreen will not break if a bird happens to hit it

Tested about 27mins ago

Was she good looking? what was she doing in the middle of the road?

 

[AndyWigan]

Nor will the rear side windows smash if a bird hits them at 80mph - happened a while ago. I thought someone had thrown a brick from a bridge.

 

[Andy Monty]

I think it all depends on the size of the bird to be honest,, And if its Frozen

There was one railway Loco maker abroad that bought a "bird Cannon" off a Uk safety company for batch testing train windows, The idea was to load a humanly killed chicken/pheasant and fire it into a train windscreen using a compressed air system..

To cut a long story short all the tests they run resulted in a failure... Turns out they where using frozen birds from the local supermarket and didn't thaw them out prior to firing

then again it could be worse it could be something much bigger

 

[sledge]

I think just because you didnt suffer any damage it doesnt follow that anyone else will.....far too many variables. I have had a screen cracked by a bird and had headlamps taken out on two occasions at speeds well below 70 over the years.

 

[Munkul]

depends which way the bird was flying - it could have been going the opposite way at 40rolleyes meaning you hit it at 55mph....

or it could have been flying towards you at 40, in which case you hit it at 135mph....

and also depends what size it was... if sparrow sized, then no big deal, but if it was a crow... then im impressed

EDIT: like said above, far too many variables

 

[JFL]

the next door neighbours to where my friend lives, he was driving along in his car and a bird flew into the gap between the bonnet and the light (i think it was on an alfa), and it pushed the light or the bonnet out of shape and it had to be repaired.

i was only about 8 at the time on the way to flamingo land i didnt understand what was going on

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

I hit a phesant about 3 weeks ago at 55MPH, flew out accross me and hit top centre of the windscreen, made my GPSmirror fly off into my hand (luckily it didn't break or that would have been £200 down the drain).

 

[arseofbox]

There was one railway Loco maker abroad that bought a "bird Cannon" off a Uk safety company for batch testing train windows, The idea was to load a humanly killed chicken/pheasant and fire it into a train windscreen using a compressed air system.

Ive heard something like that...

The aeroengine industry use chicken cannons to project frozen birds (to represent varying weights and flock sizes of bird) into gas turbine engines to check for birdstrike survivability.

Ive seen a fair few vids of the tests and theyre quite amusing - as the bird is propelled inside a polystryene shell that breaks up upon leaving the cannon, then the bird becomes catfood

The story Ive heard claims that the birds were fired through the train's windscreen - and were breaching the windscreen at the opposite end as the chickens were frozen and they should have been defrosted

 

[Andy Monty]

Ive heard something like that...

The aeroengine industry use chicken cannons to project frozen birds (to represent varying weights and flock sizes of bird) into gas turbine engines to check for birdstrike survivability.

didnt test it with herons did they

 

[SeiJunkie]

that video never ceases to amaze me how calm and collected the pilot/co-pilot and ground control staff are! amazing

 

[Focus Owner]

I think everyone has missed 2 varibles
If it hits in a corner and the fact window screens are laminated

 

[x Alex x]

I think it all depends on the size of the bird to be honest,, And if its Frozen

There was one railway Loco maker abroad that bought a "bird Cannon" off a Uk safety company for batch testing train windows, The idea was to load a humanly killed chicken/pheasant and fire it into a train windscreen using a compressed air system..

To cut a long story short all the tests they run resulted in a failure... Turns out they where using frozen birds from the local supermarket and didn't thaw them out prior to firing

then again it could be worse it could be something much bigger

YouTube - Deer crash

im sure i would have fouled my undergarments if i was driving that van

 

[ChrisUK]

should see what happens when it hits your canopy at 700mph in a fast jet . Not pretty

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

I think everyone has missed 2 varibles
If it hits in a corner and the fact window screens are laminated

The fact that they're laminated dosen't stop them from cracking or shattering, just stops them from falling in.

 

[Focus Owner]

HOnistley !!!!!!
im shocked im sure the more felxable laminte properties will help tho

 

[JFL]

not really.

becasuewhen i crashed my car, the tree branch came through the windscreen at one side and smashed into the seat, and the drivers side spiderwebbed but luckily didnt come in otherwise i could have been more injured. thank god for laminated glass

the glass also didnt really actually crack around where the branch came in, it just created a hole (a few inches across), but it only cracked on the other side

 

[ChrisUK]

not really.

becasuewhen i crashed my car, the tree branch came through the windscreen at one side and smashed into the seat, and the drivers side spiderwebbed but luckily didnt come in otherwise i could have been more injured. thank god for laminated glass

the glass also didnt really actually crack around where the branch came in, it just created a hole (a few inches across), but it only cracked on the other side

Yes count yourself lucky theres beardy looking fellows smoking pipes thinking of this stuff :worship:

 

[Focus Owner]

How about a steel mesh over the window screan next time low flyin branches are around?

 

[Most Easterly Pandas]

What? So you can say you made a branch come through both a steel mesh and a windscreen?