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05-20-2015 | 07:38 AM

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From: Acworth, GA

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Originally Posted by Rob2160

Mythbusters later revised their findings and determined frozen chickens are more damaging

http://kwc.org/mythbusters/2004/02/m...icken_gun.html

http://mythbusters.wikia.com/wiki/Chicken_Gun_Myth

I personally doubt a jet engine could survive ingesting a 2-3 Kilogram drone with 4 hard metal engines and a 500 gram battery with only nicks and cuts on the blades but lets hope we never find out.

Per the Mythbusters conclusion.

Result of myth: when a chicken is flying that fast, it don't matter what temperature it is.

They did find that a frozen chicken did more damage, but the result for the higher speeds that a jetliner flies at made little difference. The high kinetic energy overwhelms any difference the hardness makes. The motors on such a small sUAV just don't weigh that much. The batteries would do more damage. But its the total combined weight that will determine the actual damage.

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